@article{fdi:010074123,
  title = {{C}hronicle of a demise foretold: state vs. local groundwater management in {T}exas and the high plains aquifer system},
  author = {{C}losas, {A}. and {M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper assesses a case of co-management of groundwater between the state of {T}exas, pushing for the rationalisation of groundwater management, and local (mainly farming) communities organised in {G}roundwater {C}onservation {D}istricts ({GCD}s), which are protective of their private groundwater rights. {W}e first describe the main legal and policy steps that have shaped this relationship. {T}he article focuses on the {T}exan portion of the {O}gallala {A}quifer in the {H}igh {P}lains aquifer system - an almost non-renewable system covering 90,000 km(2) and providing 95% of the irrigation needs in northern {T}exas. {W}ith this example, we further highlight the strategies of both parties, the different political, administrative, legal and regulatory complexities of the struggle around the definition of {GCD}-level aquifer management rules (the so-called '{D}esired {F}uture {C}onditions'). {W}e end by reflecting on the power balance that has resulted from successive adjustments to a co-management form of governance, the advantages and disadvantages of a multi-layered state water governance system, and whether the de facto 'managed depletion' of the {O}gallala {A}quifer in {T}exas should be seen as an achievement or a failure.},
  keywords = {{G}roundwater governance ; co-management ; groundwater policy ; regulation ; aquifer depletion ; {O}gallala ; {T}exas ; {ETATS} {UNIS} ; {TEXAS}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}ater {A}lternatives : an {I}nterdisciplinary {J}ournal on {W}ater {P}olitics and {D}evelopment},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {511--532},
  ISSN = {1965-0175},
  year = {2018},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074123},
}