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Protecting Our Water Resources: Conservation Strategies for Asheville and Beyond

Asheville’s primary water source is the North Fork Reservoir, supplemented by aquifers that support our drinking water. This resource management is pivotal in addressing the impacts of large dams, such as habitat destruction and increased evaporation. Innovative ideas like cloud seeding, towing icebergs, and desalination may help provide fresh water. Key strategies for conservation in agriculture and industry include drip irrigation, gray water recycling, and preventing development on wetlands. Together, we can secure a sustainable water future for our communities.

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Protecting Our Water Resources: Conservation Strategies for Asheville and Beyond

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  1. Water Conservation

  2. Asheville’s primary water source: The North Fork Reservoir

  3. Serving parts of South Asheville: The French Broad River

  4. Outside of city limits, aquifers provide our drinking water

  5. Central pivot irrigation

  6. The Ogallala Aquifer • Is used to support our nation’s breadbasket • Is located beneath the high plains and covers a vast area that is largely dry • Is symbolic of the overuse of aquifers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwfDN_gA5Uk

  7. Potential complications with large dams • Destroy plant and animal habitat • Impacts fish migration (salmon, eels) • Still water has less oxygen and more methane • Increased evaporation • Increased salinity in some areas • Border disputes may arise • May impact peoples’ homes, cultural resources

  8. The Road to Nowhere

  9. Three Gorges Dam • Largest Dam in the World • Now Fully Operational • Opposed by Many Environmentalists • Benefits of Dam: • Hydroelectricity • Flood control • Facilitates shipping United Streaming Video Highlights Project

  10. Three Gorges Dam, 2010

  11. Big Ideas to Provide More Freshwater • Seeding Clouds (why is this crazy?) • Towing iceburgs (why is this crazy?) • Desalination of ocean water (not so crazy, but expensive)

  12. Cloud seeding

  13. Desalination In Tampa Bay

  14. Ways to Conserve Fresh Water • Agriculture: drip irrigation, soaker hoses, mulches, cover crops • Industry: discourage building on wetlands and floodplains; encourage gray water recycling • Domestic use: class brainstorm

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