Alternative water sources towards increased resilience in the Tucson region

Could we do more?

authored by

Kristin Kuhn, Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Edward F. Curley, László G. Hayde

Abstract

The southwestern United States experiences currently what is said to be the worst drought in 500 years (Ingram, 2015). In July 2015 nearly 80% of the region has been classified as under moderate to exceptional drought conditions (National Drought Mitigation Center, 2015), threatening water supply in the state of California. While there are uncertainties about the exact amounts and the time frame of occurrence, supply and demand studies agree that new water supply options need to be developed in the future to meet increasing demand and mitigate the impact of climate change in the Colorado River basin (ADWR, 2014, USBR, 2012, WRDC, 2011).

External Organisation(s)

UNESCO
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
University of Arizona

Type

Contribution to book/anthology

Pages

337-362

No. of pages

26

Publication date

01.01.2017

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Environmental Science, General Engineering

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 13 - Climate Action

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1201/b21583 (Access: Closed)