October 2023
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21 Reads
Human Dimensions of Wildlife
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October 2023
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21 Reads
Human Dimensions of Wildlife
October 2021
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252 Reads
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12 Citations
Environmental Science & Policy
Sustainable water management is increasingly essential on local to global scales, especially in regions where water scarcity is causing immediate environmental, social, and economic harm. While academics and politicians agree on the need to reduce pressure on critical water resources, the path toward that goal is not clear. Here, we present an interdisciplinary evaluation of two distinct policy approaches toward water conservation to determine whether they reduced the depletion rate of the High Plains Aquifer in the Central United States. Several studies have demonstrated, and our findings support, that subsidizing the purchase of more efficient irrigation technology failed to reduce water consumption. However, a structural approach in which state-facilitated, but locally-derived, limits were placed on water consumption did successfully reduce groundwater extraction with the support of local agricultural producers. We analyze these results using a political, sociological, and economic theoretical framework and conclude that to build upon the success of this collaborative governance model, states should seek to replicate localized groups rather than expanding management boundaries to incorporate larger geographic areas.
... However, unexpected shifts in stakeholder's response to changing conditions can have profound effects on irrigation water use. A stakeholder-driven water conservation initiative in the state of Kansas reduced water use by 31% over a 5 year period 56 and lead to a reduction in overall groundwater withdrawals 57 . Considering these recent successes, future work could critically examine the long-term effects of groundwater conservation initiatives coupled with deficit irrigation under future climates on agricultural productivity and water resource sustainability. ...
October 2021
Environmental Science & Policy