Agriculture
1. How does agriculture use water? (4 of 4)








 

   
1.3 Aquaculture


Water quality is important
In aquaculture, fish or other marine organisms are grown for human consumption. Water requirements are small in quantitative terms but the produce are extremely sensitive to the reliability and quality of the water supply. As aquaculture sites are usually close to agricultural land, agricultural runoff largely determines the quality of incoming water.


Risk of water pollution
Integration of aquaculture, agriculture and animal husbandry on farms in Asia creates systems that closely resemble the nutrient recycling pathways of natural ecosystems. However, concerns have been raised about more intensive aquaculture operations that divert water from rivers and produce nutrient pollution.




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