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  2. Dam removal - Wikipedia

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    Dam removal is the process of demolishing a dam, returning water flow to the river [1]. Arguments for dam removal consider whether their negative effects outweigh their benefits. The benefits of dams include hydropower production, flood control, irrigation, and navigation.

  3. Resource depletion - Wikipedia

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    Another approach to resource depletion is a combined process of de-resourcification and resourcification. Where one strives to put an end to the social processes of turning unsustainable things into resources, for example, non-renewable natural resources, and the other strives to instead develop processes of turning sustainable things into ...

  4. Water splitting - Wikipedia

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    The S–I cycle consists of three chemical reactions whose net reactant is water and whose net products are hydrogen and oxygen. All other chemicals are recycled. The S–I process requires an efficient source of heat. More than 352 thermochemical cycles have been described for water splitting by thermolysis. [21]

  5. Environmental degradation - Wikipedia

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    Water management is the process of planning, developing, and managing water resources across all water applications, in terms of both quantity and quality." Water management is supported and guided by institutions, infrastructure, incentives, and information systems [39] The issue of the depletion of fresh water has stimulated increased efforts ...

  6. Environmental impacts of animal agriculture - Wikipedia

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    According to the projected increase in food production by 2050, water consumption would need to increase by 53% to satisfy the world population's demands for meat and agricultural production. [ 41 ] Groundwater depletion is a concern in some areas because of sustainability issues (and in some cases, land subsidence and/or saltwater intrusion ...

  7. Glossary of environmental science - Wikipedia

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    water entitlement - the entitlement, as defined in a statutory water plan, to a share of water from a water source. Water Footprint - the total volume of freshwater that is required in a given period to perform a particular task or to produce the goods and services consumed at any level of the action hierarchy. Country water footprint is a ...

  8. Exploitation of natural resources - Wikipedia

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    The pipeline, proposed by Energy Transfer Partners, was intended to transport crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois, traversing ancestral lands and sacred sites of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, as well as posing potential threats to water sources, including the Missouri River, which serves as a vital water supply for the tribe and millions ...

  9. Water treatment - Wikipedia

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    Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant, Washington, D.C. Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, including being safely returned to the environment.