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Director of the Center for Water Policy, Melissa Scanlan, was featured in The Gazette<\/em> to discuss the legal, economic and political feasibility of diverting water from the Mississippi River to the arid West as water scarcity becomes more severe. Scanlan urges \u201crealistic solutions\u201d \u2013 those most readily deployable now focus on demand management, such as water conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pumping Mississippi River water West: pipe dream or solution?<\/em><\/a> – The Gazette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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