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A regional response to water supply emergencies
Author(s) -
Hooker Donald
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1981.tb04695.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , water supply , water scarcity , distribution (mathematics) , water resource management , business , environmental science , natural resource economics , economics , environmental engineering , geography , mathematics , agriculture , archaeology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
In response to increased demand and previous drought conditions, area utilities teamed together to create a formal agreement for responding to area water shortages. Although most periods of low water supply are weather‐related, the agreement also covers shortages created by such occurrences as distribution system failures.