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Collective Aquifer Governance
Dispute Prevention for Groundwater and Aquifers through Unitization
Demonstrates how the principles of unitization agreements applied to aquifers could provide a new approach to groundwater governance models.
Todd Jarvis (Author), Jakob Wiley (Author)
9781107172081, Cambridge University Press
Hardback, published 3 February 2022
200 pages
25.1 x 17.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.523 kg
Current models of groundwater governance focus principally on the allocation of water, rather than taking a holistic approach incorporating valuable storage space in the aquifer, as well as the transformative changes in managed recharge of manufactured water, storm water, and carbon. Effective implementation of a more modern approach now calls for rethink of both scale and jurisdictional boundaries. This involves linking public and private aspects of water quantity, water quality, geothermal regulation, property rights, subsurface storage rights, water marketing, water banking, legal jurisdictions, and other components into a single governance document. This style of agreement stands in contrast to the siloed approach currently applied to aquifer resources. Using case studies, and an activity inspired by gaming concepts to explore the incentives, and challenges to aquifer governance approaches, this book demonstrates how application of the principles of unitization agreements to aquifers could provide a new approach to aquifer governance models.
1. Introduction
2. Overview of the History of Collective Action on Subsurface Resources
3. Governance of Groundwater and Aquifers: You Can't Separate One From The Other
4. Unitization and Collective Aquifer Governance Agreements
5. Determination and Redetermination
6. The Role of the Expert
7. The Next Transresource – The Emerging Wars over Pore Spaces
8. Pore Spaces: The Aqua Caliente Litigation
9. Application to an Aquifer System: Harney Valley Area of Concern
10. Getting Around Agreeing to Disagree
11. Serious Gaming and Unitization
12. Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research
References
Index.
Subject Areas: Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Environment law [LNKJ]