Mitigating Drought

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 Water Supply Augmentation

Specific actions taken by states:
Issued emergency permits for water use
Provided pumps and pipes for distribution
Proposed and implemented program to rehabilitate reservoirs to operate at design capacity
Undertook water supply vulnerability assessments
Inventoried self-supplied industrial water users for possible use of their supplies for emergency public water supplies
Inventoried and reviewed reservoir operation plans

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