Constraints to Managing Interstate Aquifer
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 110, Issue 2
Abstract
Many considerations exist when attempting to manage a groundwater system that flows across interstate boundaries. The legal, institutional, and technical constraints managing one such system, the Coastal Plain Aquifer System of the Delaware River Basin, are described. A ground‐water management plan aimed at addressing the two biggest threats to the quality of the interstate aquifer system, synthetic organic contamination and salinity intrusion, is presented. The recommended plan includes provisions for locating future ground‐water withdrawals away from stressed areas; developing a surface water supply as part of a conjunctive use scheme; and developing new well fields in the phreatic portions of unstressed areas. The plan also contains a set of policy recommendations aimed at addressing legal and institutional problems.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 110 • Issue 2 • April 1984
Pages: 191 - 205
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Copyright © 1984 ASCE.
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Published online: Apr 1, 1984
Published in print: Apr 1984
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