Water supply issues in the metropolitan Twin Cities area: Planning for future droughts and population growth, summary of a workshop, October 25, 1988.

The severe drought of 1988 focused attention on water supply concerns in the metropolitan Twin Cities area....Six panels addressed these issues at the workshop in the following order: 1. Surface and groundwater resources of the region ; 2. Climate trends and regional precipitation patterns ; 3. Water use patterns in the metro area ; 4. Water uses and user interests in the Mississippi Headwaters region ; 5. Legal issues concerning water transfers and regulation of Headwaters reservoirs and 6. Alternative water supply possibilities for the metro area.