Groundwater demand management in the Great Lakes Basin - Directions for new policies

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-475

  Mohapatra, Satya P ^a   Mitchell, Anne ^a  

^a Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation; Conservation; Demand management; Great Lakes; Groundwater; Information management; New policies; Pollution prevention; Pricing; Recycling; Reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSERVATION; COSTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; RECYCLING; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

ALLOCATION; DEMAND MANAGEMENT; GREAT LAKES; NEW POLICIES; POLLUTION PREVENTION; PRICING; REUSE;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58549102700     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9283-3     Document Type: Article

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