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Water in the Rio Grande Basin is currently over appropriated (and has been since the 1890s). All of the waters of the Rio Grande and Conejos River and their tributaries are subject to the terms of the Rio Grande Compact. The Valley’s groundwater resources have been over drafted and the areas face depleted groundwater levels throughout much of the basin.

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Gibsons has been the setting of various movies, perhaps most notably the CBC television series The Beachcombers. In 2009, the town was declared the Most Liveable Community in the World at the international LivCom awards. But a major source of pride for the town is the confined aquifer that lies under it and its oh-so-pure water that’s not chemically treated.

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This article looks at the spread of private pumps and wells in Tamil Nadu, India and the resulting loss of traditional community water management. After simulating the impacts on farmers’ water access and levels of groundwater overexploitation, the article concludes that the revitalization of collective tank management could effectively reduce poverty and reduce the overexploitation problem.

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Why some conflicts escalate, why some remain intractable, and why we can be optimistic about the future.

Christopher Kuzdas, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States

There is a need to better understand water conflicts at regional scales. Prevailing studies often examine water conflict at broad macro scales, yet the most intense water conflicts occur within sub-national or sub-regional contexts.

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