day 4 - SAWS Flashcards
1
Q
Riparian water rights
A
owners right to adjacent river
2
Q
Inter-basin Transfer
A
movement of water from one significant basin to
another
3
Q
Subsidence
A
sinking of the ground because of underground material
movement
4
Q
Where does San Antonio get its water
A
86% is from edwards aquafor
and 14% surface water
5
Q
wilcox vs edwards aquafor
A
edwards is where san antonio gets water
and wilcox is 9/10 water desalination project
6
Q
wilcox aquafor stats
A
too salty so they desalinate
9/10 gallons of water are made into fresh water
26k homes
In Texas
7
Q
El paso
A
desalinates the most water anywhere in the country
8
Q
what is brackish water and what do we do with it
A
salt concentrated water and it gets reinjected in the earth
