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... supplies . " Moreover , un- less sanitation is satisfactory , the local water supply quickly be- comes contaminated with human feces , and the transmission of roundworm and hookworm - which together affect almost a bil- lion people ...
... supplies . " Moreover , un- less sanitation is satisfactory , the local water supply quickly be- comes contaminated with human feces , and the transmission of roundworm and hookworm - which together affect almost a bil- lion people ...
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... supplies in the long term . To achieve a short - term supply of water is , of course , very easy . " If water can be withdrawn at will , " Garbrecht notes , “ re- gardless of the limits of natural recharge , a water supply can cer ...
... supplies in the long term . To achieve a short - term supply of water is , of course , very easy . " If water can be withdrawn at will , " Garbrecht notes , “ re- gardless of the limits of natural recharge , a water supply can cer ...
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... supply . In the late 1880s , ecologically minded people — notably John Wesley Powell , who later became the director of the U.S. Geological Survey - began to warn that the arid West must learn to live within its water budget if future ...
... supply . In the late 1880s , ecologically minded people — notably John Wesley Powell , who later became the director of the U.S. Geological Survey - began to warn that the arid West must learn to live within its water budget if future ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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