Barrons AP Environmental Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (D) Up to 50% of household water is used for landscaping purposes and
    50% of that water is lost to water runoff and evaporation. Awareness of
    freshwater resource shortages brought on by recent droughts, which have
    resulted in higher water bills in many areas of the United States, has
    resulted in greater use of water-conservation steps such as low-flow toilets,
    water flow restrictors, xeriscaping, drip irrigation, and odd-even landscape
    watering requirements.

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