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Achieving Efficient Water Management: A Guidebook for Preparing Agricultural Water Conservation Plans (PDF|1.96 MB)
DOI. Bureau of Reclamation.
A guide for irrigators, managers and staff of irrigation organizations, states, and others to improve their overall water management. Improved water management will often lead to better water conservation.

Climate and Water
Nature.
A Nature Insight issue contains review articles and commentary on these subjects (Vol. 419, No. 6903, 12 Sep 2002).

Drought Preparedness and Response: Strategies for Farmers (PDF|113 KB)
University of Wisconsin.
Part of the University of Wisconsin Extension Disaster Handbook for Extension Agents. Other sections included in this part on the subject of drought are: Protecting Livestock from Heat; Managing Livestock During a Drought; Tillage During a Drought; Irrigation During a Drought; Fertilizer Application After a Drought; Weed Management During a Drought; Alternative Crops During a Drought; Salvaging Drought-Stressed Crops; Herbicide Concerns After a Drought; Drought Assistance for Farmers; and Tax Issues After a Drought.

Drought: The Creeping Disaster
NASA. Earth Observtory.
Defines drought in three ways: "an extended period of below normal rainfall, a long term depletion of groundwater, or the stunting of vegetation growth due to a lack of water."

Drought Tips
Series of publications on the effects of drought and methods to mitigate them.

H2Ouse
California Urban Water Conservation Council.
While not agricultural in scope, this program, supported by the EPA, provides information to help citizens identify ways to use water wisely.

Improving Drought Management in the West: The Role of Mitigation and Preparedness (PDF|1.14MB)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln. National Drought Mitigation Center.
Provides an overview and analysis of drought and drought management issues in the West and to propose recommendations for improving the coping capacity of the region.

National Drought Atlas
United States Army Corps of Engineers. Institute for Water Resources.
Other documents published by IWR include: the National Study of Water Management During Drought: The Report to the U.S. Congress (PDF | 1.20 MB) and Managing Water for Drought (PDF | 1.57 MB)

Preparing for Drought in the 21st Century
USDA. National Drought Policy Commission.
Includes sample working group reports (on agricultural; environmental; local government, community, and business; monitoring and prediction; and municipal and industrial aspects) and analyses and summaries of federal, regional, state, local and tribal drought-related programs.

Sustaining Agriculture in Drought Years: Conservation Tillage Offers New Hope (PDF|677KB)
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
An article from Agricultural Research (Jan 1997, Vol. 45, No. 1).

WaterSense
Environmental Protection Agency.
Provides links to a variety of useful documents and related information primarily concerned with municipal water use.

What is Drought?: Drought Indices
University of Nebraska - Lincoln. National Drought Mitigation Center.
A white paper by Michael Hayes. It defines, describes and compares the usefulness of several drought indices, including the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and the Crop Moisture Index (CMI).

What is Drought?: Understanding and Defining Drought
University of Nebraska - Lincoln. National Drought Mitigation Center.
Provides a brief but comprehensive overview of the concepts, definitions, and perspectives on drought.

Drought and Water Allocation
USDA. NAL. Water Quality Information Center.
A bibliography listing 71 articles on water allocation as it relates to drought and water shortages. Competition for water resources, legal rights and remedies, and economic options are highlighted. An update of this bibliography, Drought and Water Allocation (II) (2002), is also available. See also related bibliographies Irrigating Efficiently and Allocation of Water Resources.

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