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- Title
DECENTRALIZED GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE AND WATER NEXUS IMPLICATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
- Authors
Megdal, Sharon B.; Petersen-Perlman, Jacob D.
- Abstract
Groundwater is essential to meeting water demands across the United States. Effective groundwater governance (making laws, policies, and regulations) and management (implementing governance framework) are needed to ensure its sustainable use. Groundwater governance in the United States is decentralized, resulting in considerable variations in practices across states. This Article reports on two state-level surveys and three regional case studies conducted to better understand groundwater governance strategies and practices. This Article also relates the results of these research efforts to food, energy, and climate. The first survey sampled state agency officials about the extent and scope of groundwater use, groundwater laws and regulations, and groundwater tools and strategies within their states. The second survey focused on groundwater quality, surveying state-level water quality professionals to better understand the diverse strategies and practices for managing groundwater quality. The three case studies highlighted innovations in sub-state approaches to manage groundwater.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GROUNDWATER management; DECENTRALIZATION in government; GROUNDWATER quality; SUSTAINABILITY; U.S. states; WATER use; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science & Technology, 2018, Vol 59, Issue 1, p99
- ISSN
0897-1277
- Publication type
Article