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Urban Water Crises
From: Dry Run
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Urban water crises are not just a thing of the future, they are happening all around us as long-term reductions in rainfall and runoff tie in with short-term multiyear droughts. In this chapter, you’ll read case studies of three crises, in three very different regions: Australia, which has endured its most severe drought in history; Atlanta, whose water supplies are under stress from both drought and water fights with neighboring states; and San Diego, at the end of a long pipeline bringing water to Southern California, which dealt with a statewide drought in 2009. From these crises we can learn lessons for handling future droughts in urban areas of the US and Canada.
Contributors
Jerry Yudelson
Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP, is the founder of Yudelson Associates, a green building and sustainable planning consultancy based in Tucson, Arizona. He holds BS and MS degrees in civil and water resources engineering from the California Institute of Technology and Harvard University, respectively, and an MBA (with highest honors) from the University of Oregon. He is a licensed professional engineer.
