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The Evolving International Law of Transnational Aquifers

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Management of Shared Groundwater Resources

Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy ((NRMP,volume 18))

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Water is an essential resource for human survival. As a Turkish businessman commented, “Countless millions of people have lived without love, but none without water.“1 Water is essential not only for human survival, but also for human thriving. Yet humans and most plants and animals of use to humans can tolerate only a narrow range of impurities in the water they consume. Furthermore, the quantity of water available on the planet remains essentially unchanged and unchangeable. Therefore, usable water has always been a scarce and valuable commodity.

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