southwest indians and water wyatt hoefer american southwest a hot, dry desert little rain even today
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Southwest Indians and Water
Wyatt Hoefer
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American Southwest
•A hot, dry desert
•Little rain even today
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Conserving Water
•Indians needed to conserve water so that they could:
‣Drink
‣Cook
‣Grow corn, squash, and other crops
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Water for Farming
•Indians watered their crops by:
‣ Building canals for irrigation
‣ Using rocks as mulch to trap dew at night
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Rock Mulch Garden
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How I Use Water
•Drinking
•Taking a shower or bath
•Brushing my teeth
•Washing my hands
•Flushing the toilet
•Cooking
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Why Do We Conserve Water?
•To make sure that we don’t run out
•To keep down the price that we pay the water company
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How I Can Use Less Water
•Take shorter showers
•Turn off the faucet when brushing my teeth
•Flush the toilet only once
•Fix leaky faucets
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How We’re Like the Indians
•All people need to conserve water:
‣So we have water for the future
‣So we can maintain the way we live