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There is an increasing demand for water in cities like Cape Town. The current drought exacerbates this. But there are ways to use and save water sustainably.
The Colorado River supplies water to millions of people and irrigates thousands of miles of farmland. New research warns that climate change is likely to magnify droughts in the Colorado Basin.
For the Barkindji people, the Darling River has been a symbol of Aboriginal survival since colonial times. Now, the once busy NSW town of Wilcannia is in danger of losing its water.
With a future of droughts looming for the US West, Utah’s Wasatch watershed offers a good model that combines conservation with nature-based recreation.
Water isn't straightforward. And by putting the Nationals in charge of policy for water assets like the Murray-Darling Basin, the government will trigger a complex round of bureaucratic musical chairs.
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Director, Institute of the Environment, Distinguished Professor of Science, and Regents' Professor of Geosciences, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona
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James Horne is a Friend of The Conversation.
Visiting Fellow in public policy/water, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College; Director, University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge
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Gates Cambridge Scholar, PhD, Affiliated Research Scholar at the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University
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Visiting professor, University of Saskatchewan
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Researcher, Rhodes University
