Molle François auteur aut IRD Closas A. auteur aut IRD Euro-mediterranean Regional Conference and Workshops : Innovate to Improve Irrigation Performances, 26., Montpellier (FRA), 2015/10/11-16 text conferencePaper eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Because of the logics of both colonization or de-colonization, the need to counter the anarchy of groundwater use, or the dissemination of global 'best practices' of IWRM, states have often assumed full ownership or custody of groundwater. Regulating groundwater use includes giving drilling and abstraction authorizations/licenses, establishing an inventory of wells and reducing use in existing wells. Although laws and regulations look neat and straightforward on paper, registration, regularization, and metering have been bedeviled by a host of logistical nightmares, policy contradictions, legal challenges, and vested private interests. The overall outlook is bleak and questions the overstating of state power in reordering groundwater use. Co-management with users, while in itself not sufficient to ensure success, often arises as a possible way out of the failure of state control. specialized EAU SOUTERRAINE RESSOURCES EN EAU REGULATION REGLEMENTATION COUT LEGISLATION INTERVENTION DE L'ETAT FORAGE PUITS INVENTAIRE GOUVERNANCE GESTION DE L'EAU GESTION DURABLE GESTION PARTICIPATIVE UTILISATION DE L'EAU 062EVAEAU 114DROIT1 Euro-mediterranean Regional Conference and Workshops : Innovate to Improve Irrigation Performances, 26., Montpellier (FRA), 2015/10/11-16 en ligne [4 ] 2015 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066456 [F B010066456] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066456 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers16-03/010066456.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2016-03-03 2025-03-20 fdi:010066456 fre