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Daniel Swain explains water availability in the West

Publication: Associated Press

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climatologist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: The article featured Swain as he explained how cities in the West still have water to use despite the severe drought. Swain argues this water availability is due to decades of spending billions of dollars on infrastructure aimed at diversifying water sources.

UCLA News: “It really has to do with the modern engineering marvels of the 20th and 21st centuries,” said Swain. “This is sort of the perennial story of the West.”

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