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Water Resources Management in the Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River is a vital resource for the people, environment, and economy of the south‐western United States and north‐western Mexico. Throughout the basin, there are numerous catchment management issues, including environmental, water quality, and water quantity concerns, each of which include their own challenges and success stories. This chapter offers a discussion of that challenge and the issues associated with it as a case study in water resources management. Water consumed for irrigated agriculture continues to be the largest use, representing over half of the total consumptive use basin‐wide. Underlying the legal and policy development for the management of most water systems in the western United States is the doctrine of prior appropriation first in line. The most important issue facing the basin stems from the likelihood of decreasing water supplies and increasing water demands over the long term, both likely to be exacerbated in the future by changes in climate.
Water Resources Management in the Colorado River Basin
The Colorado River is a vital resource for the people, environment, and economy of the south‐western United States and north‐western Mexico. Throughout the basin, there are numerous catchment management issues, including environmental, water quality, and water quantity concerns, each of which include their own challenges and success stories. This chapter offers a discussion of that challenge and the issues associated with it as a case study in water resources management. Water consumed for irrigated agriculture continues to be the largest use, representing over half of the total consumptive use basin‐wide. Underlying the legal and policy development for the management of most water systems in the western United States is the doctrine of prior appropriation first in line. The most important issue facing the basin stems from the likelihood of decreasing water supplies and increasing water demands over the long term, both likely to be exacerbated in the future by changes in climate.
Water Resources Management in the Colorado River Basin
Ferrier, Robert (editor) / Jenkins, Alan (editor) / Butler, Alan (author) / Fulp, Terrance (author) / Prairie, James (author) / Witherall, Amy (author)
Handbook of Catchment Management 2e ; 441-463
2021-08-30
23 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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