Common use of Groundwater Clause in Contracts

Groundwater. a) The Parties will establish and implement RIM classifications, Learning Plans, Transboundary Groundwater Objectives and monitoring in accordance with the RIM approach and Appendices F, H, and I. b) The Parties will manage Transboundary Groundwater, including the water quantity, water quality, physical structure and transboundary surface water ecosystems supported by Transboundary Groundwater, in a manner that is protective and that maintains the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem. c) The Parties will use and share Transboundary Groundwater reasonably and equitably, as determined on a case-by-case basis in consideration of, but not limited to, the following factors: i. Geographic, hydrographic, hydrologic, hydrogeologic, climatic, ecological, and other natural features; ii. The social and economic needs of the Parties including human health; iii. The population dependent on the use; iv. The effects of use by one Party on the other Party; v. Existing and potential licensed and unlicensed uses, including traditional uses; vi. Conservation, protection, Developments and Activities, and economy of use and the costs of measures taken to achieve these purposes; vii. The availability of alternatives, of comparable value, to the particular planned or existing use; viii. The sustainability of proposed or existing uses; ix. The maintenance of the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem.

Groundwater. a) The Parties will establish and implement RIM classifications, Learning Plans, Transboundary Groundwater Objectives and monitoring in accordance with the RIM approach and Appendices F, H, and I. b) The Parties will manage Transboundary Groundwater, including the water quantity, water quality, physical structure and transboundary surface water ecosystems supported by Transboundary Groundwater, in a manner that is protective and that maintains the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem. c) The Parties will use and share Transboundary Groundwater reasonably and equitably, as determined on a case-by-case basis in consideration of, but not limited to, the following factors: i. Geographic, hydrographic, hydrologic, hydrogeologic, climatic, ecological, and other natural features; ii. The social and economic needs of the Parties including human health; iii. The population dependent on the use; iv. The effects of use by one Party on the other Party; v. Existing and potential licensed and unlicensed uses, including traditional uses; vi. Conservation, protection, Developments and and/or Activities, and economy of use and the costs of measures taken to achieve these purposes; vii. The availability of alternatives, of comparable value, to the particular planned or existing use; viii. The sustainability of proposed or existing uses; ix. The maintenance of the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem.

Groundwater. a) The Parties will establish and implement RIM classificationsclassification, Learning Plans, Transboundary Groundwater Objectives and monitoring in accordance with the RIM approach and Appendices F, H, and I. b) The Parties will manage Transboundary Groundwater, including the water quantity, water quality, physical structure and transboundary surface water ecosystems supported by Transboundary Groundwatereach individual transboundary aquifer, in a manner that is protective and that maintains the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem. c) The Parties will use and share Transboundary Groundwater reasonably and equitably, as determined on a case-by-case by case basis in consideration of, but not limited to, the following factors: i. Geographic, hydrographic, hydrologic, hydrogeologic, climatic, ecological, and other natural features; ii. The social and economic needs of the Parties including human health; iii. The population dependent on the useaquifer in each Party; iv. The effects of the use of the aquifer by one Party on upon the other Party; v. Existing and potential licensed and unlicensed uses, including traditional usesuses of the aquifer; vi. Conservation, protection, Developments developments and Activitiesactivities, and economy of use of the aquifer and the costs of measures taken to achieve these purposes; vii. The availability of alternatives, of comparable value, to the particular planned or existing use; viii. The sustainability of proposed or existing uses; ix. The maintenance of the Ecological Integrity of the Aquatic Ecosystem.