ABSTRACT
This paper discusses the emerging role of water governance as applied to transboundary aquifers. To allow for important differences in governance principles from transboundary surface water, the authors suggest that greater attention be paid to the scale of the aquifer when developing interest-articulation and decision-making processes. The authors further introduce five objectives that, if met, would help realize equitable and reasonable use of these aquifers. Good governance can best be met through appropriate scales of interest articulation and decision making, and involvement of a broad range of non-state actors as well as formal agencies of the state.
