Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico

Laura Holliday, Luis Marin, and Henry Vaux, Editors, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Chairman's Summary; 3 Freshwater Resources in the Yucatan Peninsula; 4 An Overview of Mexico's Water Regime and the Role of Groundwater; 5 A Primer on Groundwater Management; 6 The Elements of Scientific Advice; 7 Where Do Decision-Makers Get Advice? Sustainability and Groundwater Management Decisions; 8 The Role of Science in Managing Yucatan's Groundwater; 9 The Hydrogeology of the Yucatan Peninsula; 10 The Role of Science in Groundwater Management in Arizona; 11 The Importance of Monitoring To Groundwater Management; 12 How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of Scientific Information? Perspectives from Mexico; 13 Matching Fund Program for Scientific Research El Consejo Nacional De Ciencia Y Tecnologia (CONACyT); 14 How Can Managers and Scientists Facilitate the Flow of Scientific Information? Perspectives from The United States; 15 Science and NGO's: Collaboration for the Conservation of Groundwater Resourcesin the Yucatan Peninsula; 16 Businesses Committed to Sustainable Development: The Xcaret Group; 17 APPENDIX A WORKSHOP AGENDA; 18 APPENDIX B WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS LIST