Comment on “Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage,” published in the Texas Water Journal (2020) 11(1):152-171, by Justin C. Thompson, Charles W. Kreitler, and Michael H. Young
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2021), Commentaries
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2021)

Comment on “Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage,” published in the Texas Water Journal (2020) 11(1):152-171, by Justin C. Thompson, Charles W. Kreitler, and Michael H. Young

Commentaries
https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v12i1.7136
Published 2021-12-20
Robert Mace
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and the Geography Department, Texas State University
Cover photo: Llano River with fisherman. ©2018 Ray Uherek.
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groundwater availability
groundwater recoverability
pumping costs
total estimated recoverable storage
TERS
maximum economically recoverable storage
MERS

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Mace, Robert. 2021. “Comment on ‘Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage,’ Published in the Texas Water Journal (2020) 11(1):152-171, by Justin C. Thompson, Charles W. Kreitler, and Michael H. Young”. Texas Water Journal 12 (1). College Station, Texas:202-4. https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v12i1.7136.
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Abstract

Editor-in-Chief's Note: The Texas Water Journal accepted a request by Robert E. Mace, Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, to share his thoughts on the article, Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage,” published in the Texas Water Journal (2020) 11(1):152-171, by Justin C. Thompson, Charles W. Kreitler, and Michael H. Young. The opinion expressed in this commentary is the opinion of the individual author and not the opinion of the Texas Water Journal or the Texas Water Resources Institute.

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