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Planning for drought
Publication year - 1982
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.1551-8833.1982.tb04868.x
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , politics , water storage , capital (architecture) , public work , order (exchange) , environmental planning , business , engineering , natural resource economics , political science , environmental science , economics , history , public administration , finance , law , mechanical engineering , archaeology , inlet
History has taught us that droughts are unpredictable but normal phenomena, not unusual occurrences. However, high costs of capital for construction of additional water storage facilities and public opposition to vast water projects preclude such undertakings. Alternative scientific and political possibilities must be examined in order to ensure adequate water supplies for the future.