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New interactive atlas of water scarcity solutions in the US Southwest shares a library of case studies to help adapt to drought

New interactive atlas of water scarcity solutions in the US Southwest shares a library of case studies to help adapt to drought
2024-06-26
(Press-News.org) New interactive atlas of water scarcity solutions in the U.S. Southwest shares a library of case studies to help adapt to drought.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000246

Article Title: The water adaptation techniques atlas: A new geospatial library of solutions to water scarcity in the U.S. Southwest

Author Countries: United States

Funding: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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