Water Supply and Scarcity

According to the United Nations, water scarcity is defined as the point at which the aggregate impact of all users impinges on the supply or quality of water. Water scarcity is a relative concept and can occur at any level of supply or demand. Scarcity may be socially-constructed or the consequence of altered supply patterns stemming from climate change. Resources available in this sub-theme include U.S. drought monitoring data, workshops for rural water supply systems, among other resources that support water supply and scarcity.

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Water Supply and Scarcity Resources

Mechanized Irrigation Considerations

Valmont Industries Inc.
This presentation draws the correlation between water resources conservation and irrigation technologies within the agricultural sector.Read more

The Future of Water

Valmont Industries Inc.
This presentation provides an overview of the need for improved water management as global water supply becomes increasingly scarce. Read more

Circles of Life

Valmont Industries Inc.
This presentation makes an argument for mechanized irrigation as the most efficient way to grow more food with less water.Read more

West-Wide Climate Risk Assessments

Published: 
December 15, 2014
U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
Impact Assessments present an overview of the current climate and hydrology in a basin, an analysis of observed trends in temperature and precipitation over the past decade, and a comparison of these trends against model projections. They also present hydrologic projections developed from global...Read more

Reclamation Desalination web portal

Published: 
April 15, 2014
U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
This is the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's main desalination web portal.  This portal highlights information about various desalinating activities that Reclamation is involved in.Read more

Desalination and Water Purification Research

U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
This site highlights the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's external research program, Desalination and Water Purification Research (DWPR) program. Through this site, you can navigate to a program description, cost share and funding information by state, solicitation information, research results...Read more

Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility

U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
This is the fact sheet for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico. This research facility is a focal point for developing technologies for the desalination of brackish and impaired groundwater...Read more

Yuma Desalting Plant

Published: 
July 15, 2014
U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
This is the homepage for the Water Quality Improvement Center (WQIC), one of six National Centers for Water Treatment Technologies and the only center focused on inland brackish water, both surface and groundwater. WQIC is a state-of-the-art advanced water treatment research center located in Yuma...Read more

U.S. Drought Monitor Map Archive

Published: 
July 8, 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of Agriculture
state, regional and national Drought Monitor maps from the present to 1/4/2000 Read more

U.S. Drought Monitor Class Change Map Archive

Published: 
July 8, 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of Agriculture
national Drought Monitor class change from the present to 1/1/2002Read more

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