Ground‐Water‐Management Areas in United States

Bowman, Jean A.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9496(1990)116:4(484)

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“…By contrast, Bowman's [1990] survey of groundwater policy in the U.S. identified only twenty states in which governments even collect information on water use, either by metering or self-reporting, and fewer yet that place any quantitative controls on amounts withdrawn. For correct damage assessment, a pumper withdrawing an acre foot of water must be liable for damages equal to the present value of all future pumping cost increases imposed on other users-and the charge must be assessed on each acre foot withdrawn.…”

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“…At a minimum this would require knowledge of how much is withdrawn by individual users. By contrast, Bowman's [1990] survey of groundwater policy in the U.S. identified only twenty states in which governments even collect information on water use, either by metering or self-reporting, and fewer yet that place any quantitative controls on amounts withdrawn. Absent quantitative limits on amounts used or accurate damage assessments, the value of groundwater in situ will not be a part of the opportunity cost faced by the individual user.…”

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Incomplete Ownership, Rent Dissipation, and the Return to Related Investments

Deacon¹

1994

Economic Inquiry

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The weyare loss from free access resource use is examined in a general equilibrium model. Actions that intensib competition for the resource, either by lowering the private cost or raising the private benefit of using it, can raise this loss above the rent the resource would earn if owned. Such 'excess dissipation' is illustrated with examples applicable to unowned groundwater. Regulato y policies that fix inputs needed to acquire the resource work by transferring part of the resource's rent to controlled inputs. The resulting welfare effect depends on the elasticity of substitution between, and relative prices of] controlled and uncontrolled inputs.

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Incomplete Ownership, Rent Dissipation, and the Return to Related Investments

Deacon¹

1994

Economic Inquiry

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“…Many states have established special groundwater management areas to provide a structure for managing withdrawals in areas of active development [Bowman, 1990] In 1989, Oregon enacted legislation providing for two types of groundwater quality-related management areas. An "area of groundwater concern" may be declared when testing indicates the presence of groundwater contaminants suspected to be from nonpoint sources.…”

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Approaches to groundwater quality protection in the western United States

MacDonnell¹,

Guy²

1991

Water Resources Research

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Groundwater sources supply about 38% of all water uses in the 19 western states. Most attention has focused on withdrawals from these sources but, in recent years, concerns have been raised about the quality of groundwater. At the federal level, several laws address aspects of groundwater quality but protection of this resource has been left primarily to the states. Western state groundwater quality protection programs were comprehensively surveyed relating to six aspects: assessment of existing groundwater quality, levels of protection established, controls placed on sources of contamination, use of special management areas, coordination among the involved agencies, and program enforcement. The survey revealed several promising approaches in each of these areas in the western states which are set forth in the paper. Most of these approaches have been established in recent years, reflecting the greatly increased state attention to groundwater quality protection. It is too early to evaluate the effectiveness of particular approaches. In general the western states are taking a more active role in groundwater quality protection, and several states recently have established comprehensive programs for this purpose. Others, however, are still considering approaches to protection of groundwater quality and may find the discussion in this paper of some use.

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“…Institutions and instruments for groundwater management accrue over time. Frequently, groundwater management starts with instruments aimed at individual wells, such as spacing or wellhead protection and, as groundwater concerns expand or change, additional instruments are used (Bowman 1990; MacDonnell and Guy 1991). Due to the evolving nature of groundwater management, multiple institutions and instruments for groundwater management exist concurrently.…”

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Groundwater Plans in the United States: Regulatory Frameworks and Management Goals

Gage

Milman

2020

Groundwater

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Groundwater management plans are an important tool for preventing and addressing degradation and depletion of the resource. Through plans, water users and regulators set forth goals and identify strategies to address the needs of multiple resource users while considering physical constraints of the groundwater resource. This research examines the status of groundwater management plans in the United States, identifying in which states groundwater management plans are produced and the circumstances that lead to the inclusion of quantifiable goals in those plans. Findings indicate that legal and regulatory requirements for quantifiable goals can lead to the development of more comprehensive groundwater management plans, and, that such goals can be set even when uncertainties exist.

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Ground‐Water‐Management Areas in United States

Cited by 10 publications

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Incomplete Ownership, Rent Dissipation, and the Return to Related Investments

Incomplete Ownership, Rent Dissipation, and the Return to Related Investments

Approaches to groundwater quality protection in the western United States

Groundwater Plans in the United States: Regulatory Frameworks and Management Goals

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