TY - JOUR
T1 - Reasonable Use?
T2 - The Challenges of Transboundary Groundwater Regulation in the Eastern United States
AU - Caccese, Robert T.
AU - Fowler, Lara B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Water for Agriculture grant no. 2017‐68007‐26584/project accession no. 1013079 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Journal of the American Water Resources Association published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Water Resources Association
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Regulating groundwater in the Eastern United States (U.S.), particularly transboundary aquifers between states, is a challenge given the patchwork quilt of common law, statutory frameworks, and agency rules. Such regulation is made more challenging by the need for better quantification of pumping and use. These dynamics are exemplified through several case studies, including the first ever U.S. Supreme Court case related to groundwater withdrawals (set in the Eastern U.S.). As dynamics such as expanded irrigation, population increases, and ecological considerations influence groundwater use across the Eastern U.S., water use will continue to be an important driver for economic activity and interaction within and between states. To effectively regulate transboundary aquifers, governance solutions must incorporate current science into decision making and be implemented at local, state, regional, and federal scales.
AB - Regulating groundwater in the Eastern United States (U.S.), particularly transboundary aquifers between states, is a challenge given the patchwork quilt of common law, statutory frameworks, and agency rules. Such regulation is made more challenging by the need for better quantification of pumping and use. These dynamics are exemplified through several case studies, including the first ever U.S. Supreme Court case related to groundwater withdrawals (set in the Eastern U.S.). As dynamics such as expanded irrigation, population increases, and ecological considerations influence groundwater use across the Eastern U.S., water use will continue to be an important driver for economic activity and interaction within and between states. To effectively regulate transboundary aquifers, governance solutions must incorporate current science into decision making and be implemented at local, state, regional, and federal scales.
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U2 - 10.1111/1752-1688.12840
DO - 10.1111/1752-1688.12840
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084205327
SN - 1093-474X
VL - 56
SP - 379
EP - 386
JO - Journal of the American Water Resources Association
JF - Journal of the American Water Resources Association
IS - 3
ER -