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EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN EAST TENNESSEE 1
Author(s) -
Bishop Creg S.,
Broach Glen T.,
Hester Wendell H.,
Sikora Vincent A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1982.tb03960.x
Subject(s) - water conservation , economic shortage , water scarcity , water resources , water supply , environmental planning , water trading , scale (ratio) , water resource management , environmental resource management , natural resource economics , business , environmental science , geography , economics , environmental engineering , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , government (linguistics) , biology
The importance of water conservation was emphasized by a proposed National Water Policy which was established during the previous Carter Administration. This policy stressed water conservation on a national scale. Such a policy sought to apply one program to all water resources problems. Before implementation of this or another such policy, consideration must be given to those vast areas of the country which in reality do not have a shortage of water. One of these areas is the French‐Broad River basin in Tennessee. This report was formulated in an effort to describe both the positive and negative effects of water policies which would bring about either a 10 percent or 30 percent reduction in water usage in this basically water rich area. The parameters used in the evaluation included selected economic, sociological, legal, and environmental impacts.