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From the Ted Talk by David Sedlak: 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought

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For example, historically, Los Angeles has obtained about a third of its water slpupy from a massive aquifer that underlies the San Fernando Valley. Now, when you look at the water that comes off of your roof and runs off of your lawn and flwos down the gettur, you might say to yourself, "Do I really want to drink that sfutf?" Well, the answer is you don't want to drnik it until it's been treated a little bit. And so the challenge that we face in urban water harvesting is to capture the water, clean the water and get it underground.

Open Cloze

For example, historically, Los Angeles has obtained about a third of its water ______ from a massive aquifer that underlies the San Fernando Valley. Now, when you look at the water that comes off of your roof and runs off of your lawn and _____ down the ______, you might say to yourself, "Do I really want to drink that _____?" Well, the answer is you don't want to _____ it until it's been treated a little bit. And so the challenge that we face in urban water harvesting is to capture the water, clean the water and get it underground.

Solution

  1. gutter
  2. stuff
  3. flows
  4. supply
  5. drink

Original Text

For example, historically, Los Angeles has obtained about a third of its water supply from a massive aquifer that underlies the San Fernando Valley. Now, when you look at the water that comes off of your roof and runs off of your lawn and flows down the gutter, you might say to yourself, "Do I really want to drink that stuff?" Well, the answer is you don't want to drink it until it's been treated a little bit. And so the challenge that we face in urban water harvesting is to capture the water, clean the water and get it underground.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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ultraviolet light 2
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ana river 2
water conservation 2
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ngrams of length 3

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urban water problem 5
local water supply 2
santa ana river 2
seawater desalination plant 2

Important Words

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