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Dry Water? Unique Method To Irrigate From a news story by CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp August 2004

I. Sonoma County, California is growing grapevines a new way.

A. They grow grapes for wine.
B. DRiWATER is planted with the new vines.
C. One vineyard buys ten thousand packages of DRiWATER.
D. The vineyard workers don’t have to water as much.
E. This saves time and work.

II. Harold Jensen invented DRiWATER.

A. He tried for a long time to find the right formula.
B. His wife and daughters worked with him .
C. The Jensen family tested many different recipes.
D. When Jensen found the right formula, he got it patented.

III. DRiWATER is a package of jelled water.

A. It slowly waters a plant for two or three months.
B. Bacteria eat away at the jell and release moisture to the plant.
C. Water makes up 97.85% of DRiWATER.
D. DRiWATER has 2% vegetable gum and .15% aluminum sulfate.

IV. Egypt is trying to grow trees in the desert.

A. Two million trees were planted near a desert town.
B. Two quarts of DRiWATER were planted with each tree.
C. Trees will live on the water until their roots reach ground water.
D. Both Egypt and Jensen want to see trees grow in the desert.