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FREE MARKETS - A STIMULUS OR IMPEDIMENT FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT?

Conference ·
OSTI ID:911101
A significant philosophical water management controversy exists over the balance between economics, social equity and environmental protection in integrated water resources management. For many, the economic outcomes predominate, even to the marginalization of the others. This conviction became significant in the United States in 1980 when the United States Supreme Court ruled that groundwater, under certain circumstances, could be considered a commodity of interstate commerce. The ruling differentiated between water as a human need and as an economic good. (Sporhase, 1982)
Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE - EM
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-99ID13727;
OSTI ID:
911101
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-05-00201
Conference Information:
2005 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress,Anchorae, Alaska,05/14/2005,05/19/2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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