As Texas comes out of its 13th driest year on record, water and managing the state’s finite water supply is a pressing concern. A new book authored by Robert E. Mace, executive director for The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, provides a detailed overview of groundwater sustainability and explores solutions to address unsustainable groundwater usage.
“Groundwater accounts for nearly 26% of the water used by humans and unfortunately much of it is produced unsustainably, causing declining water levels to many groundwater systems across the globe,” Mace said. “My hope is that this book will serve as a resource and inspiration for both practitioners and regulators about options for better management and conservation of this precious resource.”
Published by the Springer Publishing Company as part of Palgrave Studies in Environmental Sustainability Series, the book, “Groundwater Sustainability: Conception, Development, and Application,” takes a deep dive into groundwater sustainability is and how its definition has changed over time. The book also explains why traditional assessments of sustainability are wrong and why achieving it is difficult once groundwater pumping exceeds sustainable levels of pumping.
