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Other Natural Resources: Fresh Water

Fresh water: An early 21st-century battleground?

Drought in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin: National Geographic Magazine, April 2009.

Changing Rains: National Geographic Magazine, April 2009. "Outlook: Extreme" (i.e., expect more droughts and floods globally).

Before the Deluge: Floods in a Changing Climate: International Rivers Network’s second
annual “Dams, Rivers and People” report.

National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change: Sept 2008 report by the U.S. EPA (130-page PDF file) summarizes impacts of climate change on U.S. water resources and recommended responses; includes region-by-region discussions.

Toxic Waters: NYTimes article (Sept 2009) reveals the extent to which the U.S. Clean Water Act is flouted (due to corporate lobbying, budget shortfalls, and incompetent regulation).

In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground: Natural gas, hydraulic fracturing, groundwater, and you (because you drink groundwater): ProPublica, Dec 2009.

Early 21st-Century Drought in Mexico: Brief technical article, March 2009.

Water in the United Arab Emirates: The unsustainability of growth in the desert (Aug 2009).

California Drought Updates: Monthly reports with fine graphics; 2009 is California's third consecutive year of drought.

Delta Blues: Challenges surrounding fresh-water resources and the California Delta.

Delta Vision: Blue Ribbon Task Force, Final Report and Strategic Plan (both 2008): Ambitious goals: save California's Delta and keep all the stakeholders happy!

Drought Along the Colorado River: Entire 2005 issue of Southwest Hydrology focuses on this topic, with several fine articles.

Lake Mead may go dry by 2021: Feb 2008 article

The drying of Las Vegas and Los Angeles: Bloomberg online, Feb 2009.

For other stuff about California's fresh water, see Climate/Case Studies/California.

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