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Question
What are the various advantages of water stored in ground?
Solution
Following are the various advantages of water stored under the ground:
- It does not evaporate.
- It spreads out to recharge wells and provides moisture to the crops.
- It does not promote breeding of mosquitoes.
- It is not contaminated by human and animal wastes.
- It can be utilised by the local population.
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