Groundwater supply in Texas: Private land considerations in a rule-of-capture state

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-357

  Wagner, Matthew W ^a   Kreuter, Urs P ^b  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative management; Groundwater districts; Groundwater markets; Local control; Rule of capture; Water supply; Wildlife cooperatives

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; LANDOWNERSHIP; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842832045     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920490278791     Document Type: Article

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