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Options for action
- Everywhere:
conserve water and energy; repair leaky systems; plan for strength and flexibility in new structures; regulate land use to avoid building on areas vulnerable to flooding; establish water metering and realistic pricing, include water-efficient technology in building codes.
- In drylands:
choose appropriate crops; irrigate less wastefully; design new criteria for adjustable, retrofitable storage structures; consider interbasin transfers and/or recharge of aquifers.
- In flood-prone areas:
continue to improve forecasting and warning systems, and evacuation and relief plans; evaluate and improve present flood-control structures; design new structures to handle more frequent and extreme events.
- On the coasts:
look at building barriers to erosion and salt-water invasion; consider desalinization technologies.
- In navigable waterways:
dredge shallows; lighten barge loads; use other means of transport during dry times.
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