By David Carle
It takes eight gallons of water to develop a tomato; 616 gallons to make a burger patty. in reality, the foodstuff each one people consumes in step with day represents an funding of 4,500 gallons of water, in response to the California Farm Bureau. during this densely populated nation the place it rains basically six months out of the yr, the place does all that water come from? This completely attractive, concise e-book tells the tale of California's most dear source, tracing the adventure of water within the nation from the ambience to the snowpack to our taps and meals. alongside the way in which, we examine a lot approximately California itself because the publication describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the function of water in agriculture, the surroundings, and politics. crucial studying for a country dealing with the longer term with an already overextended water offer, this attention-grabbing e-book exhibits that, for all Californians, each drop counts.
- Features 137 colour photos and 27 colour maps
- Includes a desk "Where Does Your Water Come From?" that solutions the query for 315 California towns and towns
- Provides up to date details on water caliber in California, masking such well timed themes as Giardia, groundwater infection, fluoride, and the bottled-water phenomenon
A publication within the Californians and Their surroundings subseries, devoted to knowing human impacts at the state's ecology and usual assets.
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With such variability between seasons and between years, water storage systems, particularly reservoirs created by dams, have become important tools in moderating the swings in water supply. (Pl. ) The Sierra Nevada snowpack is our largest and most effective “reservoir” (pl. 14), slowly releasing its water in spring and summer. A storm that drops one inch TA P P I N G I N T O A P L A N E TA R Y C Y C L E 25 TABLE 1. 8 57% 26% 47% Source: California Department of Water Resources, 1998. of rain in the lowlands may leave 10 inches of snow around the 5,000-foot elevation.
Less than one percent of the total is available freshwater, and most of that is belowground, in aquifers that are never fully accessible. 00016) of the precious fluid is “active” freshwater, moving through lakes, rivers, the atmosphere, and living creatures. (Fig. ) 14 TA P P I N G I N T O A P L A N E TA R Y C Y C L E The cogs in the water-recycling wheel revolve at different speeds, like different-sized gears meshing inside an enormously complex clock. Vapor evaporated from the surface of the sea may circulate for only a few hours or for days.
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