Water Supply and Scarcity
According to the United Nations, water scarcity is defined as the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water. Water scarcity is a relative concept and can occur at any level of supply or demand. Scarcity may be socially-constructed or the consequence of altered supply patterns stemming from climate change. Resources available in this sub-theme include U.S. drought monitoring data, workshops for rural water supply systems, among other resources that support water supply and scarcity.
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Regional Water Management Cooperation
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March 15, 2014The National Institutes for Water Resources
This is the Water Report Newsletter from March 2014. It is comprised of several articles including: -" Albuquerque's Water Resources Management" -"Regional Water Management Cooperation".Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaSecuring Water for Environmental Purposes: Establishing Pilot Programs
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June 30, 2009The National Institutes for Water Resources
This paper explores implementation of programs to provide water for the environment, such as check box donation programs and Conserve to Enhance, a mechanism using voluntary municipal water conservation.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaUnderstanding the Complex Impacts of Drought: a Key to Enhancing Drought Mitigation and Preparedness
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January 11, 2007National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A Journal of Water Resources Management article on drought by DWFI Faculty Fellows Don Wilhite, Mark Svoboda and Michael Hayes.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWater Management Research in Arid and Sub-Humid Lands of Less Developed Countries, Annual Report, 1975/1976; Executive Summary
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January 1, 1976U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentColorado State University
Inadequate water is the primary constraint of agricultural production in a large portion of the developing countries. The technology for using available water supplies most efficiently is either lacking or not adapted to the available resources, in many of these countries.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaOptimum Utilization of Water for Agriculture, With Emphasis on On-Farm Water Management; Annual Technical Report, 1974/1975
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January 1, 1975U.S. Agency for International Development
The report details findings on optimum utilization of water for agriculture, finding evidence that in developing countries there is an urgent need for more food and better nutrition. Food production is closely linked to the water available for transpiration by the growing crop and the water...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaForecasting Water Use in U.S. Irrigated Agriculture With Different Alternative Futures
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February 1, 1974U.S. Agency for International Development
The results of the forecasting effort of the National Water Commission show both how (a) the economic demands for water in irrigated agriculture can be estimated and (b) how water use will be affected by policy decisions and the life styles of U.S. citizens. The importance of varying certain...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWater Conservation, Yesterday and Today: a Story of History, Culture and Politics
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Recently very much center stage and in the spotlight, water conservation seems to be an idea whose time has come. If, however, we define water conservation as the careful use of water to better maintain current supplies, then water conservation is not a recent development. What is relatively new is...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaHolding Back the Waters: Dams as Water Resource Monuments
The National Institutes for Water Resources
This is a guiding premise in understanding dams. What they have in common their shared purposes of greater significance than their many differences. The following discussion is mainly about the smaller, little publicized dams.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaFountains--Water Wasters or Works of Art?
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Those of us conditioned by the ubiquitous precepts of water conservation may feel slightly squeamish about water fountains. We have been taught that not all water uses are equal, some are of more value than others. Drinking obviously is an essential water use but washing sidewalks and driveways is...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaWeather Modification: a Water Resource Strategy to Be Researched, Tested Before Tried
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Weather modification has a rather unique status among water resource issues. Along with attracting attention as a potential water supply source, weather modification is of interest because of its varied and changing status in the scientific and public policy communities; it has an aura of...Read more
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