Climate, Climatic Change, and Water Supply

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309026253
eISBN Pdf: 9780309567893
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1977
Month: January
Pages: 143
Language: English

STUDIES IN GEOPHYSICS
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Preface
Contents
Overview and Recommendations
- INTRODUCTION
  - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  - HYDROLOGY AND WATER-RESOURCE DESIGN
  - CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
  - LONG-RANGE FORECASTS OF CLIMATIC VARIABLES
  - CLIMATIC CHANGE, DELIBERATE AND INADVERTENT
  - CLIMATIC TRANSFER FUNCTIONS
  - THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM OF PREDICTING FUTURE WATER DEMAND
  - THE SOCIETAL IMPACT OF WATER SHORTAGES
  - WATER LAW AND CLIMATIC CHANGE
  - CONTRASTING PROBLEM AREAS—THE NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTHWEST
  - SUMMARY
  - REFERENCES AND NOTES
I CLIMATOLOGY
- 1 Water Supply and the Future Climate
  - WHAT IS CLIMATIC CHANGE?
  - PHYSICAL FACTORS CAUSING CLIMATIC CHANGE
  - CLIMATIC MODELS AS ESTIMATORS OF CLIMATIC CHANGE
  - FOOD-CLIMATE CONSIDERATIONS
  - RELATION TO WATER-SUPPLY ISSUES
  - FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  - REFERENCES
- 2 Interpretation of Past Climatic Variability from Paleoenvironmental Indicators
  - INTRODUCTION
  - TRANSFER-FUNCTION ANALYSIS
  - RESULTS OF STUDIES
  - LONG-TERM PALEOCLIMATIC INFERENCES (GLOBAL AND HEMISPHERIC SCALE)
    - Major Ice Ages in the Past Billion Years
    - Glacial and Interglacial Stages of the Quaternary
    - Postglacial Climatic History
  - REGIONAL EVALUATION OF PALEO-HYDROLOGIC PHENOMENA
    - Southwestern United States
    - Northeastern United States
  - CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
II SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
- 3 Methods for Estimating and Projecting Water Demands for Water-Resources Planning
  - INTRODUCTION
  - DEFINITION AND USE OF THE TERM “DEMAND”
  - STATE OF THE ART OF FORECASTING DEMANDS
  - DEMAND ESTIMATING AND FORECASTING TECHNIQUES FOR AGRICULTURAL (IRRIGATION) WATER
  - WATER DEMANDS IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES
    - INDUSTRIAL WATER DEMANDS
    - THERMOELECTRIC POWER WATER DEMAND
    - COMMERCIAL DEMANDS FOR WATER
    - HOUSEHOLD (RESIDENTIAL) WATER DEMANDS
  - USE OF DEMAND FUNCTIONS IN WATER-RESOURCES SYSTEMS PLANNING
  - THE ROLE OF WATER-USE INFORMATION IN FORECASTING FUTURE WATER DEMANDS
  - IMPACT OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE TO FORECASTING DEMANDS
  - WATER-USE FORECASTS FOR 2000 AND 2020
  - REFERENCES
- 4 Climatic Change and Water Law
  - INTRODUCTION
  - WATER RIGHTS
    - PRIOR APPROPRIATION
    - EASTERN WATER RIGHTS
    - GROUNDWATER
    - WATER ORGANIZATIONS
    - GOVERNMENTAL, PUBLIC, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS
    - FEDERAL POWERS AND PROGRAMS
    - RESERVED RIGHTS, INDIAN RIGHTS
    - STATE'S RIGHTS AND POWERS
    - ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC RIGHTS
  - LEGAL CHANGE TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE
    - NATURE OF LEGAL ADJUSTMENTS
    - THE DIRECTION OF LEGAL CHANGE
  - REFERENCES
- 5 Identification of Economic and Societal Impacts of Water Shortages
  - INTRODUCTION
  - TYPES OF WATER SHORTAGES
  - ACTIONS TAKEN DURING SHORTAGES
  - TYPES OF CONSUMERS
  - IMPACTS OF SHORTAGES
    - ECONOMIC EFFECTS
    - SOCIAL EFFECTS
  - EXAMINATION OF CASE STUDIES
    - DALLAS, TEXAS
    - YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
    - TRENTON, NEW JERSEY
    - DELAWARE RIVER BASIN
  - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
III WATER-RESOURCE DESIGN AND PRACTICE
- 6 Water-Resource Systems Planning
  - INTRODUCTION
  - CLIMATIC CHANGE
  - WATER-RESOURCE SYSTEM DESIGN
  - THE 3 R'S: ROBUSTNESS, REGRET, AND RESILIENCE
  - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN WATER-RESOURCES PLANNING
  - CONCLUSIONS
  - REFERENCES
- 7 Climatic Change and Water Supply: How Sensitive is the Northeast?
  - INTRODUCTION
  - THE REGIONAL SETTING
  - EVALUATION OF CLIMATIC CHANGE
  - EXAMPLES OF METROPOLITAN WATER-SUPPLY PROBLEMS
  - EVALUATION OF METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLIES
  - A SIMULATION APPROACH
  - CONCLUSION
  - REFERENCES
- 8 Impact on the Colorado River Basin and Southwest Water Supply
  - INTRODUCTION
  - GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
  - CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK
  - SURFACE-WATER RUNOFF
  - WATER AND ENERGY IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN
  - FLOW AUGMENTATION
  - EFFECTS OF A DROUGHT ON THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN
  - REFERENCES

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