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A Water Budget uses simple accounting to compare how much water goes into and out of a system. When more water is taken out than is replenished, the system may experience stress.
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The Phase One Water Budget Project provides a conceptual understanding of water processes across the seven RDN Water Regions.

Further investigation and data collection is required in order to produce quantitative estimates of water use and availability.
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