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Article #22452Re: Rain
From: Clayton Cramer
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 23:47
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 23:47
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In article <1992Feb14.010911.19649@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>, andy@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes:
> Sacramento's use has no effect on total river volume because the water
> that Sacramento uses goes back into the river and the water table that
> was fed by marshes that have been filled in; Sacramento merely borrows
> the water because it returns it to where it got it. This "used" water
You've neglected the water that is lost because of skin evaporation,
lung respiration, and water turned into living tissue. Admittedly,
this is unlikely to approach the quantity returned to the river by
sewage...
> -andy
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