Projecting water withdrawal and supply for future decades in the U.S. under climate change scenarios

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2545-2556

  Roy, Sujoy B ^a   Chen, Limin ^a   Girvetz, Evan H ^b   Maurer, Edwin P ^c   Mills, William B ^a   Grieb, Thomas M ^a  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLOSED-LOOP; COUNTY LEVEL; GROUNDWATER USE; HIGH-RISK AREAS; PER CAPITA; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK INDICES; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER SUPPLY;

FRESH WATER; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING WATER; FUTURE PROSPECT; POPULATION GROWTH; POWER GENERATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTUROLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863233396     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2030774     Document Type: Article

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