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International groundwater law and the US-Mexico border region
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"In International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region, María Milanés Murcia provides a study and analysis of the international groundwater law. The regulation and groundwater management...
"In International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region, María Milanés Murcia provides a study and analysis of the international groundwater law. The regulation and groundwater management along the US-Mexico border reflect the current international trends for management of transboundary groundwater. International Groundwater Law and the US-Mexico Border Region offers a new international legal and institutional framework to manage fossil aquifers and groundwater in conjunctive use with surface water, where specific guidelines and recommendations for water banking can improve water allocation and protect the environment. This framework can be adapted to any region of around the world. The US-Mexico border is the case study selected to apply and demonstrate the efficacy of this legal and institutional framework"--
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- Creator
- by Maria E. Milanes
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, [2020]
- ©2020
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9789004385085, 9004385088, 900438507X
- OCLC
- on1149195260
- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Groundwater Along the U.S.-Mexico Border -- I Introduction -- I Defining International Transboundary Groundwater and Aquifers -- I Types of Aquifers and Their Implications for International Law -- V Case Studies of Groundwater Use along the U.S.-Mexico Border -- V Conclusion -- 3 Challenges and Issues in the Management of Groundwater: the Case of the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- I Introduction -- I Challenges and Problems in the Management of Groundwater -- I International Water Disputes along the U.S.-Mexico Border -- V Conclusion -- 4 The International Legal Regime of International Groundwater and Aquifers -- I Introduction -- I Customary International Law and International Groundwater -- I International Legal Instruments -- V State Practice -- V Conclusion -- 5 History and Current International Water Legal Framework of the United States-Mexico Border -- I Introduction -- I International Legal Framework in the United States-Mexico Border -- I New Perspectives on the International Legal Framework for the United States-Mexico Border -- V Conclusion -- 6 Domestic Legal and Institutional Framework at the U.S.-Mexico Border -- I Introduction -- I Domestic Binational Efforts and Agreements -- I The United States -- V Mexico -- V Conclusion -- 7 The U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, 2006. Cooperation between U.S. and Mexico, Achievements and Efforts in the Mesilla Aquifer Basin -- I Introduction -- I Transboundary Groundwater along the U.S.-Mexico Border Region with Special Reference to the Mesilla Aquifer -- I Transboundary Groundwater Issues along the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- V United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, 2006 -- V The Joint Report of the Principal Engineers Regarding the Joint Cooperative Process United States-Mexico for the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program -- I TAAP Implementation and Achievements on the Mesilla Basin/Conejos-Médanos -- I Efforts and Cooperation -- I Further Efforts -- X Conclusion -- 8 Water Transfer Mechanisms and Regulations: the Role of Water Banking -- I Introduction -- I Mechanisms to Transfer Water -- I Institutional Framework for Water Markets and Banking -- V Current Water Transfer Regulations in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- V Water Banking Trends along the U.S.-Mexico Border -- I Conclusion -- 9 A New International Legal and Institutional Framework to Allocate Groundwater in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- I Introduction -- I Reasons for a New International Legal Framework along the U.S.-Mexico Border Region -- I Theoretical Basis for a Legal Framework -- V New International Legal and Institutional Framework to Allocate Groundwater and Groundwater in Conjunctive Use along the U.S.-Mexico Border -- V Legal and Institutional Framework for Minute 2013 -- I Current Approach to Regulate Groundwater Along the U.S.-Mexico Border -- I Conclusion -- 10 Conclusion and Recommendations -- Appendix 1: United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act -- Appendix 2: Joint Report of the Principal Engineers Regarding the Joint Cooperative Process United States-Mexico for the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program -- Appendix 3: Conjunctive Use Regulation 2013 -- Appendix 4: Fossil Aquifers Regulation 2013 -- Index