The 2007-2009 Drought in Athens, Georgia, United States: A Climatological Analysis and an Assessment of Future Water Availability

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-390

  Campana, Pete ^a   Knox, John ^b   Grundstein, Andrew ^b   Dowd, John ^b  

^a CAE USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Drought; Georgia; Surface water supply; Water policy; Water use

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; DISCHARGE LEVEL; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT INDICES; GEORGIA; JACKSON; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PER CAPITA; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; STATE LAWS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER POLICY; WATER RESTRICTIONS; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER USAGE; WATER USE;

CLIMATOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT STRESS; MITIGATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ATHENS [GEORGIA]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859437923     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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