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Agricultural Water Uses

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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Agricultural Water Uses

Pros and Cons
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Agricultural water use includes:

  • Abstract from surface and groundwater
  • Return flows (withdrawals) from irrigation
  • Excludes: precipitation on agriculture
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Texas Ranks third

in the united states for agricultural irrigation
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How does irrigation Work?

Not like that.
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Irrigation is taking water from somewhere and putting it where it's not.

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Critical to:

  • Food production
  • Food security
  • Agricultural economy
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Pros

  • Able to constantly reuse
  • Used for more than one purpose
  • Easy access
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COns

  • Cities running out of water
  • Drought and Reservoir Levels
  • Surprising costs
  • Spicewood Beach
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