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How We Use Water

How We Use Water. Group: That One Group in the Corner. How Dam’s Help Us Use Water. Dam’s provide us with power generation with the spinning of turbines. Dam’s control our floods. Dam’s help us with crop irrigation. Dam’s provide us with new places for recreational activities.

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How We Use Water

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  1. How We Use Water Group: That One Group in the Corner

  2. How Dam’s Help Us Use Water • Dam’s provide us with power generation with the spinning of turbines. • Dam’s control our floods. • Dam’s help us with crop irrigation. • Dam’s provide us with new places for recreational activities.

  3. DANGERS OF DAMS • The reservoir behind dams displaces wildlife and people from living areas, such as the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, China • Dams bock rivers from salmon and steelhead, stopping them from migrating upriver to breed • Roughly 500 dams have been removed in recent years • Dams are removed because they are worth less than the cost to repair them and removal is cheaper • FERC determines the benefits of removing a dam

  4. Water Supplies our Households, Agriculture, and Industry • Farmers and ranchers use water to irrigate crops and water livestock. • The proportions of each of these three types of use- residential/municipal, agricultural, and industrial use. • Heavily industrialized nations use a great deal for industry • Places with dry climate use more fresh water for agricultural and industrial use.

  5. Two Uses of Water • Consumptive Use- When you take water to use as groundwater from an aquifer and don’t leave any left. • Non-Consumptive Use- When you take a partial amount of water from an aquifer to use for groundwate.

  6. Flooding and Prevention • Flooding is a natural process • Floods can spread rich nutrients into the soil • Floods also cause damage to farms home and property of people who choose to live in flood areas • To protect from floods the government builds dams, dikes, and levees.

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