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Why does groundwater not need as many treatment stages as water taken from rivers or lakes?
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∙ 13y ago
Because surface water is exposed to more contaminants from the environment, than underground water.
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What is Main reservoir for water on earth?
The Earth's water reservoirs from largest to smallest: Ocean Polar ice and Glaciers Groundwater Freshwater Lakes Saline Lakes Soil Moisture Atmosphere Rivers
Which of earth's spheres includes oceans groundwater lakes and glaciers?
Hydrosphere
Which of earths spheres includes the ocean groundwater lakes and glaciers?
Hydrosphere
How did rivers and lakes affect American life?
Without rivers and or lakes, life cannot be supported. Without water, there would be absolutely no life on Earth.
Where is fresh water found?
in the underground and rivers, streams ,lakes.
Groundwater is found above ground in lakes and rivers?
Groundwater is in the ground, not in lakes or rivers.
What has more freshwater lakes rivers or groundwater?
groundwater has more freshwater than rivers and lakes
Who has more fresh water lakes and rivers or groundwater?
lakes and rivers
Are ice rivers lakes and groundwater sources of salt water?
Ice, rivers, lakes, and groundwater are all sources of freshwater
Do lakes and rivers have more freshwater than ground water?
No groundwater have freshwater than lakes and rivers
What system includes oceans lakes rivers and groundwater?
The hydrosphere.
What is the best description of rivers lakes an streams?
fresh groundwater
From what sourced do people get fresh water?
lakes and rivers and groundwater (underground)
Why is ground water so important to us?
Groundwater not only provides water through wells, but it can replenish rivers and lakes in droughts. Groundwater constantly seeps into other water sources, so contaminated groundwater means contaminated rivers and lakes.
What are earths four sources of water?
Ocean,ice,rivers,lakes,groundwater
What is 100 times more water than in all rivers and lakes?
Groundwater
What are all the reservoirs in Yellowstone national park?
Lakes,Rivers,Atmosphere, and Groundwater.
