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Water management in a mountain front recharge aquifer
Author(s) -
Burness Stuart,
Chermak Janie,
Brookshire David
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2003wr002160
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , riparian zone , hydrology (agriculture) , context (archaeology) , front (military) , incentive , aquifer , depression focused recharge , habitat , geology , environmental science , water resource management , groundwater , ecology , geotechnical engineering , economics , paleontology , oceanography , biology , microeconomics
We explore the dynamic and conflicting interaction of incentives for private versus riparian habitat water use in the context of a mountain front recharge system. A novel situation arises wherein private uses are consumptive while riparian habitat uses, although clearly consumptive, are closely related to water stocks. The hydrology of the mountain front recharge system is characterized by system lags which lead to difficulties in constructing incentive based policy tools.