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Water Questions and Answers

We've put together a list of questions and answers about water that hopefully you will find interesting and amusing. Things like, "Is salt water used for anything in the U.S.?," and, "How can we have a 100-year flood two years in a row?" Choose a topic from the pipe diagram below or use the text menus below the picture.

Water Q&A main topics (also at page bottom) Water use in the U.S. Water data and measurements Water use at home Water chemistry Other questions and answers

New: Q&A about floods | Q&A about droughts

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