11:375:101 Lecture 11: Chapter 13-Water Resources
5 Dec 2017
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Debate over which state owns the water. Supplies water/electricity for about 30 million people. Very little water reaches the gulf of california. With creation of hoover dam and glen canyon dam. May 15, 2014: first time in 16 years the colorado river reached the. Want to control the water from dams. Seawater is the most available resource, but it cannot be used for irrigation or drinking. Domestic use in usa is about 100 gallons per person per day. 2. 5% of freshwater is available to use. More regions in the us have more access to water than others. New jersey gets about 45 inches of water a year, but regions like. 1 of 6 people does not have adequate access to clean water. The deeper it is, the more expensive it is. Groundwater is renewable, but is slow to recharge. Hard to get through layers of clay and gravel to get to water. (cid:1152) of surface runoff lost by seasonal floods.
