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Drought: A Gamechanger In Texas?
Author(s) -
Shaw Kristi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2015.41.0032
Subject(s) - climate change , water resource management , water resources , water supply , environmental science , environmental resource management , environmental planning , natural resource economics , business , environmental engineering , geology , ecology , economics , oceanography , biology
Large sections of Texas experienced exceptional or extreme drought from 2010 through early 2015, straining water supplies for all uses. Further, climate change complicates projecting future water supply and demand. Vigorous drought mitigation and resiliency planning is an essential element of the state's sustainable water resources management.