Great article! This multi-level governance model has a strong parallel in Australia. To solve their crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin, they implemented a national plan but also created robust water markets. Separating water rights from land allows water to be traded to where it's needed most, whether for agriculture or environmental flows.
California's riparian water rights are insane.. Its a 19th-century concept colliding with 21st-century reality in a drought-prone state with 39 million people.
I’m a fine art photographer who has been documenting disappearing desert springs which as you know are windows into the aquifer and ground water for the last 8 years.
Great article! This multi-level governance model has a strong parallel in Australia. To solve their crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin, they implemented a national plan but also created robust water markets. Separating water rights from land allows water to be traded to where it's needed most, whether for agriculture or environmental flows.
California's riparian water rights are insane.. Its a 19th-century concept colliding with 21st-century reality in a drought-prone state with 39 million people.
I’m a fine art photographer who has been documenting disappearing desert springs which as you know are windows into the aquifer and ground water for the last 8 years.