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n order to expand agriculture and urban areas to meet increased demand for growing populations, water supplies often have to be diverted. In three to five sentences, construct a potential chain of consequences for what could happen when water is diverted from large bodies like lakes and rivers. The chain does not have to be linear (i.e., five steps in a row), but can have several branches, one for each different potential consequence

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Drip irrigation can reduce water use by 30 to 70 percent compared to conventional sprinkler irrigation. Sprinklers can waste water due to scattered spray from winds, evaporation, run-off or deep leaching. Healthier plants.

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