Balancing Water Usage Handout

Balancing Water Usage Handout
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Balancing Water Usage and Ecosystem Outcomes Under Drought and Climate Change Conditions in the Red River Basin CART Case Study Handout

The Red River Basin is a transboundary river basin that supplies water for nearby metropolitan areas (such as Oklahoma City and Dallas-Fort Worth), crop irrigation, and industrial use. Western areas of this drought-prone basin are more arid while areas further east receive more than 50 inches of rain per year. To identify areas and maximize investment of conservation resources in support of environmental flows, researchers from the University of Oklahoma modeled optimal freshwater usage and future species distributions.

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/sc-casc-balancing-water-usage-and-ecosystem-outcomes

 

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