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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… of terms For the purposes of the present Convention: (a) "Watercourse" means a system of surface waters and … flowing into a common terminus; (b) "International watercourse" means a watercourse, parts of which are situated in different States; …
The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment
… environmental flows, people and communities along the watercourse could gain greater access to drinking water. A … supply needed freshwater to thirsty communities along the watercourse. Likewise, where the purpose of securing minimum … (adjacent) sovereign States. For example, the Danube watercourse alone has seventeen riparian sovereign States, …
The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers
… Legal Materials (1997) 700. 21 Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems in the SADC Region, Windhoek, 7 August … reduce the potential damage to all countries sharing the watercourse. At the other extreme, drought situations may put … and standards for cooperation between states that share a watercourse. These rules regulate the use, management and …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… such as the release of chemicals and wastes into the watercourse. Stage 3: Commissioning a trial period All the … can be adjusted in agreements between States sharing a watercourse. It requires States to protect and preserve the … on alien species. States located within an international watercourse have an obligation to co-operate in the …
Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… right to make "ordinary" use of the water flowing in the watercourse. This encompassed the "reasonable use" of that … abstracter's land and the water must be restored to the watercourse substantially undiminished in volume and … to be at its greatest. But the quantity of water in a watercourse is not the only matter that requires constant …
Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual
… Profile for Groundwater Needs Assessment: The Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM), AGW-Net Vassolo, S.I., 2012. … other states of emergency conditions related to the watercourse that may affect them, such as flooding 11 4 … Yes (1996) UNECE (1992) SADC Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourse Surface water, and groundwater hydraulically …