TAILIEUCHUNG - FRESHWATER SUPPLY: States’ Views of How Federal Agencies Could Help Them Meet the Challenges of Expected Shortages

The distance measure consists of three dummy variables:7 The first indicates diary weeks starting on payday, and weeks starting 1 to 7 days after payday. The second indicates weeks starting 8 to 14 days after payday. Diary weeks beginning at distances 15 to 22 are omitted from the equation and serve as the reference category. The third dummy indicates weeks beginning 4 to 1 days before the next payday. These weeks overlap the (imputed) next payday by at least three days. We exclude from the analysis diary weeks that we are likely to misclassify, in terms of whether or not they include the next payday. Roughly speaking,. | United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to Congressional Requesters July 2003 FRESHWATER SUPPLY States Views of How Federal Agencies Could Help Them Meet the Challenges of Expected Shortages . GAO. Accountability .Integrity . Reliability GAO-03-514 July 2003 FRESHWATER SUPPLY Accountability- Integrity Reliability Highlights Highlights of GAO-03-514 a report to Congressional Requesters States Views of How Federal Agencies Could Help Them Meet the Challenges of Expected Shortages Why GAO Did This study The widespread drought conditions of 2002 focused attention on a critical national challenge ensuring a sufficient freshwater supply to sustain quality of life and economic growth. States have primary responsibility for managing the allocation and use of water resources but multiple federal agencies also play a role. For example Interior s Bureau of Reclamation operates numerous water storage facilities and the . Geological Survey collects important surface and groundwater information. GAO was asked to determine the current conditions and future trends for . water availability and use the likelihood of shortages and their potential consequences and states views on how federal activities could better support state water management efforts to meet future demands. For this review GAO conducted a web-based survey of water managers in the 50 states and received responses from 47 states California Michigan and New Mexico did not participate. cgi-bin getrpt GAO-03-514. To view the full report including the scope and methodology click on the link above. For more information contact Barry Hill at 202 512-9775 or hillb@. What GAO Found National water availability and use has not been comprehensively assessed in 25 years but current trends indicate that demands on the nation s supplies are growing. In particular the nation s capacity for storing surface-water is limited and ground-water is being depleted. At the same time growing population and

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