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Drought Management and Climate Adaptation of Small, Self-Sufficient Drinking Water Systems in California
Julia A. Ekstrom, Meghan R. Klasic, Amanda Fencl, Mark Lubell, Ezekiel Baker, Frances Einterz | August 15th, 2018
Examining human impacts, responses, and challenges to extreme climatic events can give
insight into needed directions for climate adaptation to reduce future risks. This study focuses
on the 2012-2016 Drought in California, documenting how small self-sufficient drinking water
systems were affected and challenged by, and responded to the extreme event.
Keywords
climate change, disadvantaged communities (DACs), drought, human right to water