State regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?

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dc.creatorMolle, Francois
dc.creatorClosas, Alvar
dc.date2015
dc.date2016-06-23T04:57:13Z
dc.date2016-06-23T04:57:13Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:29:38Z
dc.descriptionBecause of the logics of both colonization or de-colonization, the need to counter the anarchy of groundwater use, or the dissemination of global 'best practices' of IWRM, states have often assumed full ownership or custody of groundwater. Regulating groundwater use includes giving drilling and abstraction authorizations/licenses, establishing an inventory of wells and reducing use in existing wells. Although laws and regulations look neat and straightforward on paper, registration, regularization, and metering have been bedeviled by a host of logistical nightmares, policy contradictions, legal challenges, and vested private interests. The overall outlook is bleak and questions the overstating of state power in reordering groundwater use. Co-management with users, while in itself not sufficient to ensure success, often arises as a possible way out of the failure of state control.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/75793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/157547
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMolle, Francois; Closas, Alvar. 2015. State regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite? Paper presented at the ICID 26th Euro-Mediterranean Regional Conference and Workshops on Innovate to Improve Irrigation Performances. Theme 3: What Governance for Groundwater and Surface Water Use in Agriculture?, Montpellier, France, 12-15 October 2015. 4p.
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectstate intervention
dc.subjectregulations
dc.subjectwater governance
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectwater policy
dc.subjectaquifers
dc.subjectwells
dc.subjectwater users
dc.subjectwater rights
dc.subjectlicences
dc.titleState regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?
dc.typeConference Paper

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