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