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Water supply and use

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Water availability, competing uses, conservation, and drought.

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Principles

  • Water commitments must fit dependable supplies, including during drought.
  • Count withdrawals, replenishment, losses, and competing uses before promising more water.

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What must a water-supply commitment account for?
Average demand alone, regardless of drought.
Dependable supply, drought, losses, replenishment, and competing uses.
The amount promised, regardless of available water.

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