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Frage | Antworten |
water security | condition of water resource; extent to which it is threatened by overuse or contamination. access to adequate quantities of water, of acceptable quality, for human and environmental uses |
threats to water security | population growth, urbanization, globalization, climate change, bioterrorism |
reliable monthly discharge | flow equalled or exceeded, on average, in all but one month in 10 years |
in-stream water uses | hydroelectricity, navigation, recreation, waste disposal |
pollution point sources | industrial, sewage discharge |
pollution non-point sources | agricultural runoff |
qanats | subterranean, gravity-driven filtration systems in the Middle East, existed for centuries |
common law | ancient customs or cumulative decisions of judges |
virtual water | volume of water required to produce a commodity |
riparian | a person who owns land that borders on or is crossed by a watercourse with a known and defined channel |
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