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

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.creator.identifierFrançois Molle: 0000-0001-5748-8770
cg.creator.identifierAlvar Closas: 0000-0002-7087-1413
cg.identifier.urlhttp://icid2015.sciencesconf.org/59494/documenten
cg.identifier.wlethemeLand and Water Productivity
dc.contributor.authorMolle, Francoisen
dc.contributor.authorClosas, Alvaren
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-23T04:57:13Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-23T04:57:13Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/75793
dc.titleState regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?en
dcterms.abstractBecause 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMolle, 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.en
dcterms.issued2015
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectgroundwateren
dcterms.subjectstate interventionen
dcterms.subjectregulationsen
dcterms.subjectwater governanceen
dcterms.subjectwater useen
dcterms.subjectwater policyen
dcterms.subjectaquifersen
dcterms.subjectwellsen
dcterms.subjectwater usersen
dcterms.subjectwater rightsen
dcterms.subjectlicencesen
dcterms.typeConference Paper

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