D. Why do we need Regulations & Institutional Structures to manage Groundwater Crisis?
Either
we have localized or basin-wide aquifers, the available groundwater belongs to
community that is residing there. As the movement of groundwater is too slow,
these residents of a local or basin-wide aquifer can further be brought under
provincial, district, Union council or even village level.
However, allowing
individuals to do whatever they like, drill a pump any place without giving any
consideration to spacing, have well-filters installed to any arbitrary depth,
selection of any size of pump and not worrying operational hours and quality of
groundwater, is asking for trouble.
Without a community role, a sustainable use
of a common pool like groundwater is difficult to handle. This is where we need
groundwater governance.
To address this tragedy of commons, we need groundwater
governance that is essentially a regime established through mainly regulations
and institutional structures.
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