Unit 5: Using Someone Else's Water Flashcards
1
Q
virtual water
A
volume of water used to produce consumer products
2
Q
water table
A
upper level of an underground surface in which the soil or rocks are permanently saturated with wate
3
Q
percolate
A
where water moves downward from soil into porous rock
4
Q
infiltrate
A
process by which water on ground surface enters the soil
5
Q
aquifer
A
underground layer of permeable rock that contains water
6
Q
Olmos irrigation project
A
transfer water from one drainage basin to another through 20 km sequence of tunnels and rivers
