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<br />00073~ <br /> <br />GLOSSARY <br /> <br />Acre-foot <br /> <br />Volune of water that will cover an area <br />of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot (43,560 <br />cubic feet). <br /> <br />Appurtenant <br />Water <br /> <br />Water that flows over, under, or borders <br />on Federal reserved lands. <br /> <br />Aquifer <br /> <br />Layers of soil or rocks bearing sub- <br />surface water (underground reservoirs). <br /> <br />Auq"lentation <br /> <br />Supple"lenting the usable water supply in <br />a river through hunan efforts. <br /> <br />Consunptive <br />use or deple- <br />tion <br /> <br />\Vater that is c1iverteeJ frOM a surface <br />strean or ground water aquifer and not <br />returneeJ to the strean Or aquifer for <br />future use. <br /> <br />Dependable <br />water supply <br /> <br />The anonnt of water thAt can be eJepleted <br />annually over A long perioeJ of tine, <br />without Inwerino the levels of ground <br />water or surface water storage. <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />Desalination <br /> <br />Renovinq salt and other inpurities fron <br />water. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Overdraft <br /> <br />Withdrawals fran an aquifer exceed the <br />anount of water recharge. <br /> <br />Phreatophyte <br /> <br />^ deep rooteeJ plant that obtains its <br />water fron the water table or the layer <br />of soil jllst above it. <br /> <br />Salinity <br /> <br />~he total of all dissolved solids or <br />sal ts present in freshwater, neasurecl <br />in terns of parts per 1'1illion or <br />nilligrans per liter. ~hese neasure- <br />nents are essentially the sa"le. <br /> <br />\"Iatel- salvage <br /> <br />Saving water for beneficial uses that <br />would nornally be lost to hunan use. <br /> <br />l'iatet- stlOt.ti'lge <br /> <br />Available water supply is not sufficient <br />to satisfy the legal rights to water <br />aneJ/or nect c1enands. <br />