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INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR WATER RESOURCES 1
Author(s) -
Smith Zachary A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1987.tb02965.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , water resources , government (linguistics) , business , variety (cybernetics) , intervention (counseling) , state (computer science) , groundwater , environmental planning , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , environmental science , economics , engineering , ecology , psychology , linguistics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , geotechnical engineering , philosophy , computer science , biology
Federal‐state relations over the management and regulation of ground water resources have undergone a number of changes in recent years. There are a variety of reasons that the role of the federal government in ground water management may increase in the future. One important reason federal policymakers may become involved concerns the extent of competition for ground water resources that cross state and national borders. This article summarizes reasons that interstate and international competition for ground water resources may provide the impetus for federal intervention in ground water management and presents the results of a survey conducted to determine the extent of that competition.