Evaluation and Development of Water Resource Management Strategies for Drought/Emergency Conditions

摘要

Concerns over meeting demands for water can be aggravated by increased water use resulting from circumstances accompanying the event and as supply infrastructure reaches production limits. Emergency measures can be enacted which, with the help of a drought/emergency water use contingency plan, effect a reduction in water use and reduce the risk of system failure. The project evaluated existing plans and developed a management guideline for use restriction during short-term droughts and supply emergencies. A computer-aided literature search was conducted which identified several hundred documents pertaining to the subject. Almost one hundred individuals involved in water management throughout the United States were sent copies of a survey instrument. The survey was based, in part, on the literature to evaluate trend in planning. The guidance document was developed which can be used by state and local agencies to help in the development of an effective water management program.