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| Title | Common resources, private rights and liabilities: A case study on Texas groundwater law |
| Creator/Author | Todd, D. |
| Publication Date | 1992 Dec 31 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 39395 |
| Other Number(s) | Journal ID: NRJOAB; ISSN 0028-0739; TRN: TRN: 95:000991-0001 |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Journal Name: Natural Resources Journal; Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: PBD: Spr 1992 |
| Subject | 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; GROUND WATER; CONSERVATION LAWS; WATER RIGHTS |
| Description/Abstract | In light of recent efforts to provide market solutions to environmental problems, this paper offers Texas groundwater law, use, and environmental effects as an example of the difficulties in defining, contracting, and enforcing private rights in common-pool resources. The paper first discusses the link from various environmental impacts, including drawdown, mining, saltwater intrusion, baseflow reduction, and land surface subsidence, to excessive groundwater use. Excessive groundwater use is in turn attributed to the failure of private agreements to coordinate well sites and flow rates, to reduce groundwater demand, and to compensate any of those harmed by withdrawals. Sections 3-5 examine the private, judicial, and statutory factors that exhibit coordination or discourage agreements among private groundwater rights holders. Last, the paper suggests ways that Texas groundwater law can give lines of inquiry into other privately based forms of environmental regulation, such as that offered under the Clean Air Act. 5 figs., 1 tab. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: pp. 233-263 |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Dec 16 |
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