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unhinested in sememenls
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moved and lbe exeavaled lenbal malelbal lulled down
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or pumps an be used lo aeeess walzr (Fignks u.az
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glazed dlgn ales is usually lbal ol musl bl llle walel
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m. in base lull munlryl lbal even nusdesl "IRS will
cleale sudden and luibulenl abdd lluw In previously
dry sllealns, large boulders wxll be swepl down [he
sleepesided wadls. and Pnurmmls quanluies 0! sin,
slud,dry In! and End: malenal, dry lnanules,seed and
seed capsules. desen snails and elllel debni ale
washed all llle lull suuaees and earlied uul enlo lne
plans Very lillle sell w-lrr is lelalned.
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eiease ln sallnily, becommg rapidly mute saline lbe
lumlev llley "Ave! in a lew days or weeks, ml
beadwalel rims leaell lbe sallepans, and mm llley
may pool lel mum: of yeals. unnl lbey evapome ld
sall<muslad rials ln lblal, lillle bul ephemeral planl
pmlb lesiuls
ll we ale [0 eieadvely use llus vale walel leanuee. we
lnusl ball and dwln lbe news, and make plats lol
walellbsoax u. lo lbe svik wlnle is slill hall (nough
id be bl use in plant; Onee huh walel ls lulu-med, u
lonns a sml leselve pl aquiiel lnal navel: very slowly
undeigmund m lne rivet beds and sell pans, elieelively
de—salhng me sballuw wlkr leselves, even llioupll
below llus llesn aquifer llbws very silly deep leads
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sill dams, dams, and lmb's OI slnnes bl pallsades al
nululal 10d: all help (0 Mil email and lel ll .nlilllale
ink: llle Soil. bees in pimmlar belp leeyele llle waver
lhmugh gmwlh and llanspimllon. keeping «be deeper:
sally walei below nxu k-vel. When we eul, burn, and
final: on llu- desevl llees, we eileeuvely leduee
Inhhnhcn nnd me deep leads nae lb lbe sullaee due id
llppdlng and bale—sud evapolauon.
rue lured: bi Elblopla have been devaslaled by
graxlng and lne develbpmenl oi elppll map. The
lelnlall has llkewise been ledueed, and salled lands
ineleaaed. ll we pul as mull. enoll inlb lolesl
lebabll hon aa we pul lulu lawns. 0! as mudl eapllal
as we pul uud wan lllen we could lenabullalellle mnh
China and Taiwan have pKIVrd llus lb be lessible an
llle braad scale.
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and alen'lily WI" inelease seulli Aualralia (will. all
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banned all new Iols| during (allhough many laziness
elealed as lnueb as llley Could yusl beldle Hillegislaklon
was enaeledl This is nul "laugh Any sensible
governmem would allnw igncuhur! as pelbaps
20-30% on (ma! Yam! Am: we lely ml loleslsand lakes
|u suppdn even l ales bump and gran'ng ll is lune
(or lallnels m also beeunie lbveslels, and su pievenl
lulu-e disaslels
A genelal pmllle 01 WA!" deplb and euallly (mm
Inlakr lo sall pan dmdls the strategic bi mun-null,
walel svslenis, walel quallly, walel diaposal, and
plaeemenls menee, design». Figuu n.3l gives lbe
gtnnral panem. On nlll ebunily. lbe seed-id delel.
lnlnanl Is Ims| level and aspeel
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