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Water Quality and Concerns

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

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

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

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

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