A new frontier in Texas: Managing and regulating brackish groundwater

Water Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 727-749

  Buono, Regina M ^a   Zodrow, Katherine R ^b   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^b   Li, Qilin ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish groundwater; Desalination; Freshwater demand; Freshwater supply; Groundwater regulation; Texas; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975318757     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2015.145     Document Type: Review

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