Water in the West is scarce, but much of this scarcity is man-made. We have encouraged demand by setting water prices too low. We have strained our supplies by moving water over long distances. Even without this supply-demand imbalance things would be hard, but climate change is making things worse by increasing demand (hotter climate) and reducing supplies (less snow and rain, shifting northwards). In this talk, I will outline an “integrated” solution to water mismanagement that works at the wholesale (environment vs urban vs agriculture) and retail (some water for free; pay for more) segments of water management.
Audio note: 20 min, from the speaker’s own talks archive, which lists this talk as “An Integrated Solution to Water Shortage”
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