AWWA ACE70979

Water in the West: Secure Water Supplies under Growth and Scarcity

American Water Works Association , 11/01/2009

Publisher: AWWA

File Format: PDF

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Description

Standard By:American Water Works Association , 11/01/2009

Published:11/01/2009

Pages:44

File Size:1 file , 3.6 MB

Language:English

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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of water issues in the western U.S. and a chronology of western water by decades. Future drivers of water issues will be: population growth; climate change; and, globalization. Signature issues by region are presented and include: Plains - Ogallala Aquifer; Intermountain West - Dams in Colorado; Northwest - salmon recovery; California - Bay Delta, Imperial Valley; Desert Southwest - Arizona, Las Vegas; and, Regionwide - Colorado River Compact. Colorado examples of politics of western water are listed, along with utility practices for increasing and securing supply.

AWWA ACE70979

Water in the West: Secure Water Supplies under Growth and Scarcity

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