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Intergenerational Fairness and Water Resources
Intergenerational Fairness and Water Resources
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In reviewing the activities of the board, it is appropriate to put them into the generational time frame and look at their contribution to the goal of achieving intergenerational fairness in the development and use of water resources. In 1The World Commission on Environment and Development, known as the Bruntland Commission, defines sustainable development as a Process of change in which the use of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological developments, and institutional change all enhance the potential to meet human needs both today and tomorrows (WCED, 1987~.
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The concept of intergenerational fairness in using and conserving the planet strikes deep chords in the major cultural and legal traditions of the world, including the Judeo-Christian, Islamic, African customary law, and Asian nontheistic traditions. The notion of equality among generations has deep roots in public international law, as illustrated in the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Charter, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and other documents (Weiss, 1989~.
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Other studies include those on water transfers as a means to meet the increasing demands for water in the West, on managing water resources under conditions of climate uncertainty, on the operations of the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, on recharge of ground water aquifers, and on management of the Mexico City aquifer.
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The two binational studies conducted by the WSTB, one with Canada on the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the other with Mexico on the limitations of Mexico City's ground water aquifer as a source of drinking water, both address important intergenerational issues. In a 1985 WSTB report published by the NRC and the Royal Society of Canada, the committee reviewing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement addresses intergenerational equity explicitly in Chapter 7.
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They are complemented by intragenerational rights and obligations among members of the present generation, which derive from the intergenerational ones. These intergenerational rights are to receive the planet in no worse condition than did the previous generation, to inherit comparable diversity in the natural and cultural resource bases, and to have equitable access to use and benefit from the environmental system.
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Scientific knowledge about water systems, identification of the opportunities and limits of technological advances, and understanding of the socioeconomic context in which water resources are used are essential to ensuring fair use for future generations. The WSTB's studies provide a knowledge base, which needs to be extended, for intergenerational scrutiny of decisions affecting water resources.
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The work of the Water Science and Technology Board is an invaluable source of scientific knowledge and understanding about how to achieve intergenerational fairness in using and conserving our water resources. REFERENCES Kotlikoff, L
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Global Environmental Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. MIT Press, Cambridge.
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