Adapting to a Changing Colorado River: Making Future Water Deliveries More Reliable Through Robust Management Strategies
- ISBN-10
- 083308481X
- ISBN-13
- 9780833084811
- Category
- Climatic changes
- Pages
- 70
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Authors
- David G. Groves, Jordan R. Fischbach, Evan Bloom
Description
"The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next ...
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