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Publication Date:
May 01, 2012
Bibliography:
Barton H. Thompson (with Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, W. Bowman Cutter, Brian Gray, David Houston, Richard Howitt, Katrina Jessoe, Gary Libecap, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Sheila Olmstead, Daniel Sumner, David Sunding, Brian Thomas, and Robert Wilkinson), Water and the California Economy, San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 2012.
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California’s economy can grow and prosper despite droughts and water shortages caused by a changing climate—but only if threats to the water system are addressed now. So far, innovative water management has supported the needs of a growing population but serious concerns remain, including water supply reliability and declining groundwater basins.
