GEOL 1250 Lecture 19: Lecture Notes 19 - Water as a Nonrenweable Resource
28 May 2016
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Consumed natural resources faster than the rate it grows or is produced in its place. It will limit population growth during this century either by: Nonconsumptive consumptive (used and returned (irrigated/ not returned) quickly) Precipitation + runoff = evaporation + outflow. Precipitation + runoff = evaporation (outflow = 0) Precipitation + runoff < evaporation +- outflow. 40% of public water supply in the u. s. Only source of domestic water in many cities. Only source of water in many agricultural areas. Fraction of volume of a solid that is empty (contains the fluid)
