Water is an indispensable part of our lives . It’s been conserved even in the history. Explain
some techniques used in the past and how is it conserved now a days ?
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Water Conservation, Yesterday and Today: A Story of History, Culture and Politics
Water Conservation Is More Than Just Saving Water
December, 1999
Joe Gelt
Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Arroyo, vol. 10, no. 4, Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ, December, 1999
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From armed conflict to water conservation, various strategies have been adopted to cope with water scarcity in the West. In western history, however, the general trend has been a move away from armed conflict to water management strategies, including water conservation - although lapses have occured along the way. (The above is a painting by Frederick Remington,Fight for the Waterhole,1903. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, The Hogg Brothers Collection, Gift of Miss Ima Hogg.)
Water conservation has been practiced in one form or another in what is now Arizona for a very long time, ever since the first humans arrived. Upon observing the scarcity of water in these desert lands, early inhabitants then calculated what efforts would be required to live with the available supply. They then lived their lives to fit the arid conditions of the area, taking care that the sparse water supplies were carefully and fairly
A New and Improved Arroyo
This issue of Arroyo comes with a redesigned format. Kyle Carpenter, WRRC's talented graphic artist, created what we consider to be a new and improved design. Its debut at the end of 1999 has nothing to do with the approaching millennium. It is just that after ten years of the same format a change was due. Also, with the new design, Arroyo and the Arizona Water Resource, the other
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Protection of Water from Pollution; ...
Redistribution of Water: ...
Rational Use of Groundwater: ...
Population Control: ...
Renovation of Traditional Water Sources: ...
Use of Modern Irrigation Methods: ...
Increasing Forest Cover: ...
Change in Crop Pattern: