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Groundwater Supply in Texas: Private Land Considerations in a Rule-of-Capture State

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dc.contributor.author Wagner, Matthew en_US
dc.contributor.author Kreuter, Urs en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:55:16Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:55:16Z
dc.date.issued 2004 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2006-06-29 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2006-06-29 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2923
dc.description.abstract "Texas is a top water-consuming state in the U.S. and is increasingly relying on groundwater. Groundwater markets are attracting greater attention as a mechanism for transferring water from rural to urban areas. However, excessive extraction is being exacerbated by the 'rule-of-capture' that governs the use of groundwater in Texas combined with widespread subdivision of land. Overexploitation of common-pool resources is not inevitable. A cooperative approach to groundwater management could reduce the negative economic impacts of water transfers in the area of origin and provide landowner incentives to regulate extraction. Landowner associations, monitored by local Groundwater Conservation Districts, offer an instructive model for sustainably managing groundwater while at the same reallocating water resources from rural to municipal uses." en_US
dc.subject groundwater en_US
dc.subject markets en_US
dc.subject water users' associations en_US
dc.subject water resources en_US
dc.subject wildlife en_US
dc.subject co-management en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject conservation en_US
dc.title Groundwater Supply in Texas: Private Land Considerations in a Rule-of-Capture State en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.coverage.region North America en_US
dc.coverage.country United States en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Society and Natural Resources en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 17 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 4 en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth April en_US
dc.submitter.email matt.wagner@tpwd.state.tx.us en_US


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