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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… stream resulting from the outflow of permanent or perched groundwater and from the drainage of lakes and swamps during … the joint or coordinated management of surface water and groundwater, in particular regarding the inflow and reservoir … functions of aquifers, for the sustainable extraction of groundwater. connectivity: the physical connection between …
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Issues in water law reform

… surface waters 10 2.4 Techniques for qualifying rights in groundwater 13 2.5 Categories of administrative 15 3. … surface water collecting or falling on private land; • groundwater percolating through land. Arid conditions, … century. Legislative intervention to qualify rules about groundwater happened concurrently in New South Wales, where …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… Life Years EIA Environmental Impact Assessment GWD Groundwater Directive IGRAC International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre IIL Institute of … 103 7. Controlling groundwater exploitation to ensure their ecosystem support …
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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… inland wetlands or reach the sea in deltas. Upwellings of groundwater in arid countries can form springs, salt lakes, … wetlands have more or less permanent water, fed by groundwater, surface springs, streams or run-off, and tend to … stability in several parts of the world; • discharge of groundwater, whereby excess water is drained away into rivers …
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Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas

… 13 a. Groundwater contamination … Fracturing Overall project Fracturing Overall project Groundwater contamination Moderate–High High  Moderate–High … gas operations, on the quality of such resources through groundwater or surface water contamination. This concern is …
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Sources of international water law

… 1,350 tonnes. . . . 11. Large dams and reservoirs. 12. Groundwater abstraction activities in cases where the annual … in the Field of Transboundary Waters; the ECE Charter on Groundwater Management; and the Code of Conduct on Accidental … protected waters and their environment, e.g. lakes and groundwater resources; (e) be based on the application of …
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