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The methods the Maya used to control water were that they had something called "cenotes," which were a reliable source of water. They also used canals, reservoirs, dams, and aqueducts.

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They stored water and made ditches to control it.

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A huge environmental challenge the Maya went through was droughts. They overcame this challenge by maximizing water

efficiency and storage, and by timing planting seasons correctly

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They used canals, reservoirs, and cenotes to control water.

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they used dams and more.

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A challenge was the droughts.

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There were these "megadroughts" where there was basically no water and they stored water

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They used dams,canals and reservoirs.

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The biggest challenge they faced was having droughts.

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they used volcano ash to purify water.

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They experienced drought in the city that lasted a while.

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they made reservoirs to adapt to the dryness of their land.

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some of the methods that the Maya used were dams/pits, reservoirs and canals to collect rainwater.

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The Maya used damns, reservoirs, cannals, and aqueducts to control water.

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They used dams and canals .

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They used zeolite to absorb particles in water. They also used volcanic ash.

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They used zeolite, a volcanic mineral that is made when volcanic ash reacts with alkaline groundwater. This mineral was used in their water filtration systems.

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Some methods the Mayans used to store/collect water were dams, reservoirs and aqueducts.

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Some methods the Mayans used to store/collect water were dams, reservoirs and aqueducts.

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faced droughts

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The Mayans used deep natural wells, canals, and reservoirs to collect rainwater. They also used dams, aqueducts, and irrigation to redirect water.

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the mayams faced drough and they fought against it by having smart methods to store water.

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They used dams, cisterns, rivers, and more things to help spread the water around.

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The Mayans were faced with large droughts but were able to recover and create better ways to store water just in case another drought came

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The Mayans were faced with large droughts but were able to recover and create better ways to store water just in case another drought came

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They created something to move water and minerals.

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They used stuff from the volcanoes to make the water purification system

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They used volcanic minerals to purify the water.

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They created the oldest water filtration system that is still being used. They also had a filtered water system using zeolite and it kept lots of water.

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They used the volcano ash .

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A challenge the Maya faced was a drought, the article/text gives us information on the Maya's ways of surviving the drought.

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one of the environmental challenge that the Maya faced were droughts that lasted about 3-20 years, this caused the Maya to leave their homes and find somewhere else to live, they overcame this challenge by adapting to different lands and making their own systems to filter and storm water.

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they were making cisterns and reservoirs to save the water for people

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The Mayans made a working filtration system, and they made water reservoirs.

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One problem they faced was drought. In the text, it says "maximizing water

efficiency and storage, and timing the planting season correctly, were

very important." This is the way they overcame the obstacle.

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The mayas created an advanced filter system with zeolite.

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The Mayans faced severe droughts and combatted them by collecting and storing water. They maximized water

efficiency and storage, and the timing of the planting season correctly.

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The Maya used/made dams, canals, and ditches to control the water.

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One environmental challenge that the Mayans faced was drought, and they combated it by creating a filtration system and reservoirs to store and collect water.

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They used zeolite, a volcanic mineral to  purify the water for drinking

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They used zeolite, a volcanic mineral to  purify the water for drinking

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They created a network to collect enough water.

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The Mayans used zeolite and other materials to create filters for the reservoirs.

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The Maya experienced droughts that lasted about 20 years. This caused their ecosystem to start breaking down and their population to grow.

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The Maya had to create network of huge reservoirs at Tikal to get enough water during the wet season.

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The Maya in Tikal built places to catch and store rainwater since there were no lakes or rivers nearby.

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The Maya made the oldest water filtration systems.

The Maya also created water purification systems that were so advanced that to this day, one of its main materials (zeolite) is still used in water filters.

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The Maya used geographical features to help achieve water purification by using zeolite. It's a type of volcanic mineral that allows them to filter and get rid of contaminants.

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They created dams, dichs, or canals to prevent flooding on their area.

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They created dams, dichs, or canals to prevent flooding on their area.

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The Mayan people created the oldest purification system that filtered water by using a volcanic mineral, known as zeolite 

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The Mayan people created the oldest purification system that filtered water by using a volcanic mineral, known as zeolite 

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The Mayans used a rock called zeolite to get clean water, but they also used volcanic ash to get clean water.

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They used/made dams, canals, irrigation to control water .

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One thing they did was create filters to get clean water.

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They used a zeolite which is a rock that absorbs particles to create a filtration system for the water.

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The Maya faced many droughts, Volcanic eruptions, dry weather, and other things that effected agriculture and the population.

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The Maya faced many droughts, Volcanic eruptions, dry weather, and other things that effected agriculture and the population.

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The Mayas used their geographical features to help them achieve water purification because they used crystals, volcanic materials, or zeolite to create a system for the water.

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they used a volcanic minerals that purified the water.

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The Mayans created the filtration system we still use today. The filter they had was zeolite.

This filter separated minerals from water.

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They made the oldest and, a really advanced, water filtration system.

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They faced droughts and combated it by making their own filtration system and making other things to store and collect some water.

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They used the zeolite and crystalized quartz to create filters for the reservoirs, which were found in the sand and near volcanos.

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The Maya typically experienced droughts that lasted for 3-20 years. This created an ecosystem breakdown, destroying everything and creating dramatic population growth..

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they faced lots of droughts, and overcame them by creating networks of channels and reservoirs to store water

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maya use water control by building dams that would stop the water from flooding there civilization.

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they got lots of rain at times, and they made the first working water system. 

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they got lots of rain at times, and they made the first working water system. 

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it helped them because they found crystalline aluminosilicate minerals/zeolite that they put into the alkaline water to make it clean.

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emanate maize acropolises

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They used dams and aqueducts.

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The Maya created the oldest known mineral water filtration. In the text, it says "The Maya's water purification system was so advanced that one of its key materials, zeolite, is still widely used in water

filters today."

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They used zeolite to help clean water and volcanic ash to create a filtration system for the water.

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Maya made holes called reservoirs that stored and collected water

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they used zeolites to clean the water

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The Maya had a water system that could purify the water with zeolite, purifying coral that could store up to 58 million liters of water. They also had pipes and tunnels to collect water.

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They used a type of rock like Zeolite to help clean these water and volcanic ash to put around them.

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They used a type of rock like Zeolite to help clean these water and volcanic ash to put around them.

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emante, maize

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the most challenging thing the maya faced was drought to there civilization/city.

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They used volcanic ash from the volcanoes around them, and it reacted with the alkaline water.

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maize

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They used crystals, volcanic materials and or zeolite to create a filtration system for the water.

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The Mayan people were able to filter water by using zeolite 

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The Mayan people were able to filter water by using zeolite 

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They used dams, aqueducts, pots, cisterns, and rivers to spread water around the city.

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They created a network of reservoirs to collect and store water.

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The Maya made the oldest known water filtration system known to history, and they used materials like zeolites that are still used in modern-day filtration because of how effective and good it was.

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They built dams,canals and reservoirs.

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They created advanced filters, and they separated minerals from the water.

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made the oldest known filtration sysem, which separated the minerals and used zeolite which is still used today

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A challenge the Mayas frequently faced was drought, and the text shows that their ways of surviving were "Maximizing water efficiency and storage, and timing the planting season correctly." which just shows what they did to have water and to grow the needed crops.

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A challenge the Mayas frequently faced was drought, and the text shows that their ways of surviving were "Maximizing water efficiency and storage, and timing the planting season correctly." which just shows what they did to have water and to grow the needed crops.

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The Mayans used a network of huge reservoirs to store and move water

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The Mayas made the oldest known water filtration system in the Western Hemisphere and were able to get rid of minerals in the water.

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The Maya created a network of reservoirs at Tikal to get enough water to survive.

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They created the oldest known water filters in Mesoamerican history and Zeolite was known for these reserves.

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They created the oldest known water filters in Mesoamerican history and Zeolite was known for these reserves.

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it’s important because they can use it for things they need and bring it to certain places that need it.

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They used something called a zeolite which is a rock to absorb the particles while the water could keep flowing through leaving it clean and pure.

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They had a filter system that purified water with zeolite purifying corriental storing up to 58 million liters of water. They also had purifying systems like tunnels and or pipes to collect water really deep below us.

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two great compliments from the maya is they created purification systems and zeolites are a type of volcanic minerals made mostly from aluminum silicon and oxygen

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One environmental challenge the Mayans faced was drought, and they combatted this by maximizing water storage and efficiency.

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They created an entire network of reservoirs to collect and store enough rainwater.

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They adapted by creating networks of huge reservoirs that collected and stored enough rainwater.

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they created a network of resovoirs which took a lot of work making to have water for the people and cities.