Accession Number : ADA240389

Title :   The National Study of Water Management during Drought: A Research Assessment

Corporate Author : ARMY ENGINEER INST FOR WATER RESOURCES ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s) : Dziegielewski, Benedykt ; Lynne, Gary D. ; Wilhite, Donald A. ; Sheer, Daniel P.

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Report Date : AUG 1991

Pagination or Media Count : 228

Abstract : The main purpose of this report is to describe this country's water resources management responses during drought and to highlight the critical inadequacies of national and regional policies for drought management. The report summarizes research on water management during drought and makes recommendations for additional research areas that offer the most promise for improving the drought management response at federal, regional, state, and local levels of government. This report is part of a comprehensive study that has been undertaken in response to recommendations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made after the drought of 1988-89. The specific purposes of this report are: (1) To formulate a conceptual framework for water management during drought, including definition of drought; (2) To identify the range of impacts of drought on society and describe the methods of measuring economic impacts; (3) To characterize the vulnerability to drought of various regions of the country and summarize the present status of drought planning and management; (4) To describe conventional and innovative techniques for drought management; (5) To characterize legal and institutional environments that influence drought management decisions; and (6) To identify requirements for designing and conducting drought preparedness studies.

Descriptors :   *RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, *DROUGHT, *WATER RESOURCES, *WATER SUPPLIES, ECONOMIC IMPACT, WATER, VULNERABILITY, HYDROLOGY, REGIONS, GROUND WATER, RESPONSE, PLANNING, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, AGRICULTURE, STREAMFLOW ANALYSIS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENT, DECISION MAKING, DESALINATION, MEASUREMENT, POLICIES

Subject Categories : METEOROLOGY
      ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
      HYDROLOGY, LIMNOLOGY AND POTAMOLOGY
      CIVIL ENGINEERING

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

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