CablayRSH9104B Concept Paper AP6 V1
A CASE STUDY
OF
CENTRAL BASIN CONJUNCTIVE GROUNDWATER USE AGREEMENT
Concept Paper
Submitted to Northcentral University
Graduate Faculty of the School of Business and Technology Management in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
by
ALFRED R. CABLAY
Prescott Valley, Arizona
May 2010
Table of Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..1
Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………….1 Purpose of the Study………………………………………………………………1
Brief Review of the Literature…………………………………………………………….2
Research Method………………………………………………………………………….3
Appendix: Annotated Bibliography……………………………………………………….6
Introduction
The ethical concerns for this research topic of conjunctive groundwater use are minimal and centered on the socio-political issues associated with groundwater allocation issues. These issues have been compounded by a variety of problems that include aquifers and the difficulty monitoring and enforcing legal pumping rights (Elise, 2008). Water allocation issues are among the most politically contentious resource problems today. A contributing factor to this is the legal evolution of water rights that has often led to situations where water property rights – which if they present in a given situation - have normally been poorly defined. As stated in previous writing - there is no simple solution or silver bullet to the world’s growing water resource problems (Bouwer, E.J., Allen-King, R.M., Arthur, J.D., Blomquist, W.A., Crook, J.D. Fort, D.D., Fox, P. Restrepo, J.I., Rose, J.B., Sheng, Z., Shrier, C.J., Vaux, H.J., Wehner, M., Logan, W.S. & De Guzman, 2007). It is generally agreed upon among water managers and planners that the time has come for an Integrative Urban Water Resource Management approach that trade short-term socio-economic gains with long-term sustainability (Gupta & Onta, 1997). The moral value concerns of conjunctive groundwater that could become controversial issues - are few
OF
CENTRAL BASIN CONJUNCTIVE GROUNDWATER USE AGREEMENT
Concept Paper
Submitted to Northcentral University
Graduate Faculty of the School of Business and Technology Management in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
by
ALFRED R. CABLAY
Prescott Valley, Arizona
May 2010
Table of Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..1
Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………….1 Purpose of the Study………………………………………………………………1
Brief Review of the Literature…………………………………………………………….2
Research Method………………………………………………………………………….3
Appendix: Annotated Bibliography……………………………………………………….6
Introduction
The ethical concerns for this research topic of conjunctive groundwater use are minimal and centered on the socio-political issues associated with groundwater allocation issues. These issues have been compounded by a variety of problems that include aquifers and the difficulty monitoring and enforcing legal pumping rights (Elise, 2008). Water allocation issues are among the most politically contentious resource problems today. A contributing factor to this is the legal evolution of water rights that has often led to situations where water property rights – which if they present in a given situation - have normally been poorly defined. As stated in previous writing - there is no simple solution or silver bullet to the world’s growing water resource problems (Bouwer, E.J., Allen-King, R.M., Arthur, J.D., Blomquist, W.A., Crook, J.D. Fort, D.D., Fox, P. Restrepo, J.I., Rose, J.B., Sheng, Z., Shrier, C.J., Vaux, H.J., Wehner, M., Logan, W.S. & De Guzman, 2007). It is generally agreed upon among water managers and planners that the time has come for an Integrative Urban Water Resource Management approach that trade short-term socio-economic gains with long-term sustainability (Gupta & Onta, 1997). The moral value concerns of conjunctive groundwater that could become controversial issues - are few
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