Abstract

This paper summarizes the results of efforts to bring attention to the importance of understanding and improving groundwater governance and management. Discussion of survey work in the United States and global case studies highlights the importance of focusing attention on this invisible water resource before pollution or depletion of it causes severe economic, environmental, and social dislocations. Better governance and management of groundwater are required to move toward sustainable groundwater use.

Details

Title
Invisible water: the importance of good groundwater governance and management
Author
Megdal, Sharon B 1 

 The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, USA (GRID:grid.134563.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2168 186X) 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20597037
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2389674632
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.