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Class 27: Water in El Paso
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Class updates: Reading: Section 11.6 Today’s topics: Hydrology Ground water Drinking water Class 27: Water in El Paso
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Why use the floodplain? The river
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Something to think about: will the river often overflow its levees? besides the river, where else could floodwater come from? Flooding
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Flooding II
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Flooding III
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Features in the area
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Groundwater & water table
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Porosity
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Groundwater
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Saturation
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Storing water
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Aquifers near El Paso
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Usage: –El Paso--155 acre-feet per person per year Best in the US –Ciudad Juárez--75 acre-feet per person per year 3 sources for water: –Rio Grande River (less than 20%) –Hueco Bolson + Mesilla Bolson (rest) MX currently draws more than US: –Will run out ~2025 Desalination plant w/ Fort Bliss Water use in El Paso
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Groundwater flow
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Recharge & discharge
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Springs
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Water wells
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Problems with wells
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Landscape by dissolution
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Sinkholes
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Caves
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Acidic groundwater
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Environmental problems
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Environmental problems II
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Other uses: geothermal energy
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