Transboundary Groundwater Policy: Developing Approaches in the Western and Southwestern United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-113

  Hathaway, Deborah L ^a  

^a SS Papadopulos and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater management; Surface water groundwater interaction; Transboundary aquifers; Water allocation; Water policy

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER BASINS; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER POLICY; HUMAN USE; HYPOTHETICAL MODELS; INTERSTATE COMPACT; ME-XICO; NEW MEXICO; POLICY FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL BOUNDARIES; RIO GRANDE; TRANS-BOUNDARY; TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLICY;

AQUIFERS; ECOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL BOUNDARY; RESOLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

PECOS;

EID: 79251511895     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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