This session explores the important role of ground water as a transboundary resource, which, in this context, is defined as a ground water reservoir that underlies, or whose water flows beneath, two or more political jurisdictions and that can be exploited by each (which need not be nations). We will examine not only the scientific and engineering aspects of transboundary ground water, but also its legal, institutional, social, political, and economic aspects, with special emphasis on drought and climate change. This session emphasizes theoretical and hypothetical considerations, as well as case studies. The focus southwest United States and the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009: 1:20 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
Turquoise I/II (Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort )
Moderators:
Michael E. Campana, Ph.D.
and
K. Scott King
