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irrigation
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supplying water to land to grow crops
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Aquaculture
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the science and business of raising and harvesting fish in a controlled situation
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dam
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a structure that holds back and controls the of water in a river or other body of water
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lock
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is a section of a waterway,closed off by gates,in which the water level is raised or lowered to move ships through
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concentration
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is the amount of substance that is in another substance
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sewage system
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is a system that collects and treats waste water from a city or a town
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septic tank
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is a small wastewater system used by a home or a business
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point-source pollution
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is pollution that enters water from a known source
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nonpoint-source pollution
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is pollution whose source is hard to find or is scattered
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drought
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is a long period of abnormally low rainfall
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desalination
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the process of removing salt from ocean water
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