HOW BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT COULD HELP US COPE WITH DROUGHT IN THE FUTURE

IS THERE A DEFINITION OF DROUGHT?

There isn’t a scientific definition of ‘drought’.

We can think of a meteorological drought in terms of a deficit of rainfall, like we have seen in the last few months. Or there is agricultural drought, particularly if the dry weather happens at the same time as the irrigation season in the summer. But there is also hydrological drought, which is perhaps the worst in respect of maintaining the water supply, for both our drinking water and also to support the environment. These will develop over a longer