Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
In light of the scientific and historical factors that have shaped the development of groundwater law and policy, this chapter seeks to provide a primarily descriptive account of its current state in the United States and to lay a foundation for future efforts to address gaps in the regime. Section 8B.02 considers the importance of groundwater in modern American society, with a particular focus on its uses and the threats these resources face. Section 8B.03 describes the U.S. framework for the domestic governance of groundwater resources. Section 8B.04 describes the mechanisms for transboundary governance of groundwater between the United States and its neighbors, Mexico and Canada. Section 8B.05 summarizes gaps in and future challenges for responsible groundwater governance in the United States.
First Page
8B-1
Last Page
8B-26
Num Pages
26
Publisher
The Foundation for Natural Resources & Energy Law
Book Title
Proceedings of the 71st Annual Natural Resources & Energy Law Institute
Recommended Citation
Caleb Cook & Gabriel Eckstein,
An Introduction to U.S. Groundwater Law: Domestic and Transboundary Considerations,
in
Proceedings of the 71st Annual Natural Resources & Energy Law Institute
8B-1
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/2330
File Type
Included in
Environmental Law Commons, International Law Commons, Legal History Commons, Natural Resources Law Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons, Transnational Law Commons, Water Law Commons