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watershed management  

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  • Water management is a very broad term that pertains to the design and deployment of planning approaches to access and supply water. The term encompasses the planning and provision of water quantity (adequate volume of supply), water quality (safety of source), and also flood protection. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Watershed Management]

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