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Catalyzing New Water Management Tools in the West Through the Colorado River System Conservation Program
Author(s) -
Hawes Taylor
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.5942/jawwa.2016.108.0070
Subject(s) - drainage basin , hydrology (agriculture) , american west , geography , water resource management , water conservation , environmental science , water resources , archaeology , geology , ecology , history , biology , cartography , ethnology , geotechnical engineering
Vast swaths of the Western United States are experiencing drought. The majority of California is in an extreme or exceptional drought, and a prolonged drought in the Colorado River Basin – one of the worst in 1,200 years – has caused water levels to approach critically low thresholds.