National Regulations for Groundwater: Options, Issues and Best Practices
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Date of publication
December 1998
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ISBN / Resource ID
eldis:A28210
Review and analysis of national legislation believed to be representative of the available choice of mechanisms or options and illustrative of emerging best practices and attendant issues. It is worth noting that the countries whose legislation has been reviewed for the purposes of this paper are representative of a variety of climates - from humid England to arid Niger - and of different legal systems, notably, common law and civil law.