Evaluation of the sustainability of water withdrawals in the United States, 1995 to 2025

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1091-1108

  Roy, Sujoy B ^a   Ricci, Paolo F ^b,c   Summers, Karen V ^a   Chung, Chih Fang ^a   Goldstein, Robert A ^d  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Future water demand; Precipitation; Thermoelectric generation; Water storage; Water use; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COUNTY LEVEL; HUMAN WITHDRAWALS; WATER WITHDRAWALS;

WATER;

SUSTAINABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26644459725     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03787.x     Document Type: Article

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