Water Use
Water Use
Water is everywhere, which is fortunate for all of humanity, as water is essential for life. Even though water is not always available in the needed quantity and quality for all people everywhere, people have learned to get and use water for all of their needs, from drinking, cleaning, irrigating crops, producing electricity, and for just having fun.
Water Use in the United States, 2015
Water Use in the United States, 2015
The water in the Nation's rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and underground aquifers are vitally important to our everyday life. Find out about water use in the United States in 2015.
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Aqueducts Move Water in the Past and Today
An aqueduct has been and continues to be an imporant way to get water from one place to another. Be it 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, Italy or today in California, aqueducts were and are essential to get water from a place where it exists in ample supply to where it is scarce. Find out how these "ancient marvels" work.