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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1982
Page
11
A compact overview links energy forms to electricity and food, noting steam and falling water power. It cites water's role in cooking, farming, travel, and sea trade, with rough consumption figures for baths showers toilets and washing machines before cutting off at farmers use.
Water covers most of Earth with 97 percent in oceans. Only about 2 percent is ice and glaciers. Less than 1 percent remains as fresh water accessible for people and ecosystems.
The article explains that 80 percent of U S water comes from surface sources like rivers and lakes while groundwater in aquifers provides the rest. It notes regional variations with Washington and Oregon averaging 160 inches of rain and Southwest states as low as 10 inches, and warns that population shifts to sunny states strain supplies and pollution further jeopardizes lakes rivers and underground sources.
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