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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… Challenges and Risks 1.1 The Urgency for All of Sustainable Groundwater Management 1.2 Groundwater for … can be irreversible. Falling water tables can reduce the yield of shallow wells, or even cause them to fail, if the … water use in mining varied from US$ 0.4-3.8/m3, with the maximum values for high-value metal and gemstone production. …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… for Policy and Legislative Development on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Freshwater Resources Stephen C. McCaffrey … by the Government,which is based on the concept of the maximum quantity of water used by consumer and minimum cost … basin. Of those that do, most urge adoption of a “safe yield.” This term comports nicely with sustainable
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Issues in water law reform

… for farm dams have had a significant effect on catchment yield and downstream uses. Accordingly, in Victoria, … as all of the flow of a specified waterway, up to a maximum annual allocation. Rates of extraction might also be … for the water; and (ii) the rate of use of the water is sustainable; and (d) in providing for the allocation of water …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… Works SFRA Stream Flow Reduction Activity TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load TSA Trail Smelter Arbitration UN United … a quantity of water from permeable rock. annual water yield: the total volume of water produced by a watershed on … the inflow and reservoir functions of aquifers, for the sustainable extraction of groundwater. connectivity: the …
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… by step, how to generate persuasive arguments for more sustainable and equitable development decisions in water … capital which, if managed sustainably and used wisely, can yield a flow of economic benefits for current and future … obtained from hydrological surveys, which estimated the maximum water storage capacity of the marsh at 11 million …
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Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services

… any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. www.iucn.org About the IUCN Water and Nature … When we add our desire for social equity, economic yield and environmental accountability – the problem becomes … of the watershed to provide fish can be measured by maximum sustainable harvest levels, the capacity to deliver …
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The greening of water law: Managing freshwater resources for people and the environment

… its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is … in the area of water have consistently been found to yield much higher annual benefits compared to their annual … achieve this purpose, the Parties are obligated “to make a maximum effort” to take necessary action designed to …
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Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… Development Programme Capacity Development Network in Sustainable Water Management Editorial Staff: Vanessa … put effort into design of water- wells to maximize their yield and reliability, and to identify any geogenic … committees have to make in such conditions is the maximum allowed annual drawdown of the aquifer. This is the …
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Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work

… water, energy and food security nexus in a coherent and sustainable way. The conference highlighted the renewed … for the good of human society, sacrifice it well to maximum benefit. Instead of the current “de-nexused” single … Kulekhani as described earlier. It had been designed for a maximum flood flow of eight thousand cumecs even though one …
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Global Land Outlook

… approach to land use, management, and planning for sustainable development and human security. Finally, this … Revolution” of the early 1970s witnessed significant yield increases coupled with greater intensity of fertilizer … both to increase overall well-being and to ensure maximum efficiency. Food justice is thus about far more than …
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