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Natural Reserves of Water on Earth

Natural Reserves of Water on Earth

Rajendra Kumar (Independent Researcher, India) and Shruti Mathur (Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity Center for Water Studies and Research, Amity University, Noida, India)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7356-3.ch033
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Abstract

The fact that the United Nations has realized the importance of safe drinking water as SDG6 imposes a great responsibility on man to urgently realize the ways and means of conserving water in its natural reserves in pristine form. The chapter describes the geography and geology of sources of water emphasizing their role in the preservation of water in nature. It also suggests ways and means of reducing the ‘water footprint' so that people participate in choosing optimal and judicious patterns for using water.
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Distribution Of Water Among Its Natural Habitats

Water is not static in any of the habitats but continuously changes position from one habitat to another though its habitation time in the different habitats greatly varies with the shortest being in the atmosphere and longest in deep aquifers and in depths of the ocean.

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