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1、WaterConservationforLocalGovernmentsandCitizensANarrativeGuideTitleSlideTodaywearegoingtotalkaboutwaterconservation:whatitmeans,whyweshouldpracticeit,andthemanywaysthatlocalgovernmentsandindividualscansavewaterandprotectourenvironment.WeDependOnCleanWaterDailyWea
2、llhaveaneedforcleanwater,andAmericansusealotofit.Itisestimatedthat372billiongallonsofwaterareusedeverydayinourcountry.InGeorgia,weusealmost6billiongallonsperday.Overhalfofthatisusedascoolingwaterforpowerplants,buttherestisusedbyindividuals,onfarms,andbyindustries
3、.Everyoneneedstoknow3simplefactsaboutwaterconservation:waterisalimitedresource,watercostsagreatdealinenergyandmoneytostore,pumpandpurify,andwaterconsumptioncanbereducedsignificantlyforalloftheseuses.HowMuchWaterDoesOnePersonNeed?Itisinterestingtolookathowpeopleus
4、ewaterintheirhomes,sowecandeterminethebestwaytoconserveit.Weknowthattheaveragepersonneedsanywherefrom100to150gallonsaday(dependingonhowthisiscalculated.Thisisnotjustwaterfordrinking,bathingandtoiletflushing,butalsoincludeswaterforlawnsandlandscaping(especiallyint
5、hesummer),washingmachines,dishwashersandmore.Whenwelookatthispiechart,weseethatthebiggestusesareforoutdoorwatering,followedbytoilets,clotheswashing,showers,andfaucets.Wewillcomebacktotheseuseswhenwetalklaterabouthowtoconservewater.GeorgiaWaterSourcesLet'slookatwh
6、ereourwatercomesfromandwhythereisarealneedtoconserveit.MostpeopleinGeorgiagettheirwaterfromsurfacewater,meaningstreams,rivers,lakesandreservoirs.Therestgettheirwaterfromgroundwater,whichmeanseithercommunityorindividualwells.Thisdoesnotmeanthattherearemoresurfacew
7、atersourcesthanwells,butratherthatmanylargepopulationcenterslikeAtlanta,AugustaandColumbususewaterfromriversandlakes.IntheAtlantaarea,forexample,about85%ofthewatercomesfromsurfacewater,withoverhalfcomingfromtheChattahoocheeRiver.TherestcomesfromLakeLanierandother
8、nearbyrivers.TheWaterCrisisManypeoplethinkthatGeorgiahasplentyofwater,sincemostofthestatereceivesanaveragerainfallofover46inchesperyear.Theproblem,however,isth
