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Keywords: usage and availability, groundwater depletion, future demand, additional problems, subsidence, saltwater contamination, reduced surface water flow, groundwater contamination, pesticides, fertilizers, animal and human wastes, salinization, drainage, conservation of water, control of runoff losses, contour tillage, terraces, crop residues, water spreading, control of evaporation losses, reduction of losses from deep percolation, conservation irrigation, salt-tolerant crops, dryland farming