7.4 Water Usage

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Across
  1. 5. agriculture claims about 70% of total water withdrawal and 85% of consumption
  2. 6. who owns the water?
  3. 7. accounts for 20% of global freshwater withdrawals
  4. 9. Safe Water drinking act
  5. 10. returned quickly/at all due to evaporation, absorption into inaccessible aquifers , or contamination
Down
  1. 1. removing salt from ocean water or brackish water to get fresh water
  2. 2. amount taken that can be returned quickly through water treatment
  3. 3. boiling water,capturing the steam, and allowing it to condense.
  4. 4. accounts for about 6% of water withdrawals
  5. 8. Prolonged period of consistently below average rainfall