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Water: How Secure Are We Under Climate Change?

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Emphasizing the role of water in human and ecosystem sustainability, this study defines water security and its associated aspects. It then reflects on the availability of water, water supply, water demand, and water consumption. The question of water scarcity and crisis around the world is addressed next. What are the causes of water scarcity if it exists and how can it be ameliorated? How does climate change impact water scarcity? These are critical issues that need urgent attention, for their importance transcends scientific and engineering boundaries and directly affects the society.

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  1. Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2117, USA

    Vijay P. Singh

  2. Water Management & Hydrological Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

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  3. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA

    Qiong Su

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  2. Water Resources Developmt and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

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Singh, V.P., Su, Q. (2022). Water: How Secure Are We Under Climate Change?. In: Yadav, B., Mohanty, M.P., Pandey, A., Singh, V.P., Singh, R.D. (eds) Sustainability of Water Resources. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 116. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13467-8_1

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