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Title: Water Quality and Concerns


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Water Quality and Concerns
  • AG 101

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Importance
  • Water is a very important natural resource
  • Production ag relies on water for irrigation
  • Water shortages are common in many places
  • Potable water-drinkable water
  • Potable water is especially valuable

3
Importance
  • Water quality and availability depend on water
    management practices
  • All uses of water should have effective
    management practices
  • We can no longer take clean water for granted
  • Water usage is exceeding the rate of replacement

4
Water Distribution
  • Least expensive form of distribution is
    precipitation
  • Hydrologic cycle- movement of water through four
    separate processes precipitation, evaporation,
    transpiration, and solar energy
  • Groundwater provides 60 percent of the total
    water supply to Texas

5
Pollution
  • Many polluted waters are a direct result of air
    pollution
  • Pollution can be controlled
  • We must do our part to reduce pollution
  • Improper animal waste management is a cause of
    pollution

6
Drought
  • Defined as an extended period without moisture
  • Economic impact is definite and long term
  • Wind erosion usually occurs more during drought
    periods
  • Land becomes much less productive during drought
    periods

7
Climate
  • Climate is the average course of the weather
    during a period of years
  • Weather is the conditions outside right now
  • Climate sets limits for agricultural production
  • Moisture and water are crucial elements to the
    climate

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Summary
  • Water quality is a very important issue for
    everyone to consider
  • This issue is of extreme importance to people in
    agriculture
  • We need to all do our parts so that people in the
    future can have clean water and a large supply of
    it
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