Ground Water
Education - Conference Papers
PRIVATE WELLS OR PUBLIC SYSTEMS?
September 1998, Las Vegas, NV
Key words:
Ground water; drinking water; rural
household supply; independent home
wells; rural water systems; regional water utilities, water wells,
state-by-state well use; subsidies; pipelines,
groundwater specialists; scientific
watchdogs; ground water use and
protection; political agendas;
vested interests.
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THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION
November 1988, San Diego, CA
Ground water; domestic supply;
agricultural use; competing pressures; allocation decisions; legal rights,
public opinion; public perception; irrigation industry; communications
strategy; sustainable development.
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Andrew Stone: American Ground Water Trust,
Concord, NH
November 2001, Pittsburgh, PA
Groundwater;
human population increase; water is big business; exploration and resource
development; water conservation; water management; sustainability; ground water
protection; stressed and contaminated hydrologic and ecological systems;
overuse; technology; stakeholders.
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Education Programs that work for citizens, communities
and decision makers
April 2003, Tullamore,
Hydrologic
system; regional economy; Dublin Principles;
utility supply; irrigation & industry; aquatic and riparian ecosystem
ecology; water policy; effective management strategies; balancing competing
demands; education strategies; citizens, communities and decision-makers;
education as a process;
behavior-change objectives; stakeholders; framing
issues; hydrologic cause and effect; education; training.
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Andrew Stone: American Ground Water Trust, Concord, NH
November 2000,
Key
words:
Increasing
populations; scarce resources; developing countries; competing demands;
infrastructure investment; access to safe drinking water; groundwater; wells;
aquifer protection strategies; sustainability; semi-arid countries; South
Africa; natural recharge; hydrologic, economic and social crisis; citizen and
community education; hydrologic system; political decision-making process; effective
and equable water policy; groundwater awareness; education strategies.
Essential Ground Water Education For Decision-Makers
March 2005,
South
Africa, sub-surface; hydrologic
system ; utility supply; aquatic and riparian ecosystems; renewable resources;,
equable water policy; management strategies; sustainability; water resources;
policy solutions; education strategies; scientific reality; citizens,
communities and decision-makers; education & training; investment in
infrastructure; scientific literacy; water education.