! Develop criteria -- "triggers" -- for drought-related actions
! Develop early warning systems
! Inventory water bank contracts to find new water supplies for drought-stricken areas
! Evaluate water quantity and quality from new sources
! Evaluate use of ground water
! Establish new data collection networks
! Study public willingness to pay more for more reliable water supplies
! Study effectiveness of conservation measures
! Monitor vulnerable public water suppliers
! Improve the accuracy of seasonal runoff and water supply forecasts
! Establish alert procedures for water quality problems
! Investigate business and farm/ranch diversification strategies
! Evaluate capacities to withstand losses associated with drought such as incomes, assets, credit
flexibility and decision-making processes, subsidy, loan, and welfare program applicability and
the effect of government programs and policies
! Conduct public surveys on environmental, economic, and cultural beliefs for appropriate
policy formulation
! Research drought impacts on various groups (i.e., occupation, socioeconomic group,
ethnicity, age, gender, or seniority) to select appropriate “target groups”
! Inventory and monitor natural resources within the relevant areas
! Conduct further research into the relationship between drought and fires
! Evaluate the use of marginally productive farm and rangelands
! Develop criteria -- "triggers" -- for drought-related actions! Develop early warning systems! Inventory water bank contracts to find new water supplies for drought-stricken areas! Evaluate water quantity and quality from new sources! Evaluate use of ground water! Establish new data collection networks! Study public willingness to pay more for more reliable water supplies! Study effectiveness of conservation measures! Monitor vulnerable public water suppliers! Improve the accuracy of seasonal runoff and water supply forecasts! Establish alert procedures for water quality problems! Investigate business and farm/ranch diversification strategies! Evaluate capacities to withstand losses associated with drought such as incomes, assets, creditflexibility and decision-making processes, subsidy, loan, and welfare program applicability andthe effect of government programs and policies! Conduct public surveys on environmental, economic, and cultural beliefs for appropriatepolicy formulation! Research drought impacts on various groups (i.e., occupation, socioeconomic group,ethnicity, age, gender, or seniority) to select appropriate “target groups”! Inventory and monitor natural resources within the relevant areas! Conduct further research into the relationship between drought and fires! Evaluate the use of marginally productive farm and rangelands
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