Water demand exceeds supply in most parts of the world. To address such deficits, agencies at the national, regional, and local levels often import water through inter-basin transfers, which can have enormous environmental impacts. This article discusses four cases that illustrate such impacts: two older water transfer schemes in industrial countries, the United States and Australia, designed and built 50 - 60 years ago, before the environmental impacts...
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Inter-basin water transfers : emerging trends
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