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Water usage should also imply that the water used is not reclaimable. For example, steam from a hydroelectric plant falls back as precipitation. Irrigation wate
by lstroud 13y ago
Water usage should also imply that the water used is not reclaimable. For example, steam from a hydroelectric plant falls back as precipitation. Irrigation water re-enters the water table or streams. For water to be used in a way that is negatively impacting it must be converted to a chemical that won't naturally degrade to water. For example, urine, ozone, etc.
- maxerickson 13y agoUrine and ozone both rapidly decompose.
- mcguire 13y agoA considerable amount of the U.S. agricultural use is in the central, plains states, a.k.a. "the Great American Desert". There, agricultural water use rates are significantly greater than the rate of replacement.