USA Drought 2012

Wakako Kobayashi, Tae Eun Kim, and Daniel Um

Introduction

Introduction

Population Pyramid

Adjustments Before

Attitudes

•  Do Nothing and Accept •  Adjust •  Leave

Factors

Water Use Storing/Moving

Livestock/Crops

Society Economy Environment Wellbeing

Water Use

•  Water Recycling •  Water Saving Appliances •  Water Saving Initiatives

Texas

•  Houston implemented a comprehensive conservation program that included an education program, plumbing retrofits, audits, leak detection, and conservation planning.

Storing and Moving

•  Dams •  Groundwater/Wells •  Canals/Pipelines •  Desalination

Las Vegas

•  Lake Mead was created to provide water for Las Vegas

Livestock/Crops

•  Xeriscaping •  Decrease livestock

o  (Animals don't eat to the roots)

USA Crop Switching Initiative

•  As a response to the drought in California, many USA states switching to organic local crops to reduce soil degradation o  Reduced soil degradation means slower

infiltration, which means the soil can hold in more water and needs less.

Responses to US Drought

Factors

Rescue Rehabilitation

Reconstruction

Environment Social Wellbeing Economy

Rescue (Short-term response)

•  Allow access to federally backed emergency assistance programs

•  Federal crop insurance program

Political and Economic Factors

Rehabilitation (Mid-term response)

•  Adjust irrigation and agricultural practices •  Emergency Conservation Program helped farmers/

ranchers

Social and Economic Factors

Reconstruction (Long-term response)

•  Adjustments to structures

•  Federal water resource facilities (dams, reservoirs, locks, etc.)

•  Instituted water banks

Economic Factors

Conclusion

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