USA Drought 2012 Factors Affecting Adjustments and Responses
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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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