Fig. 3: Coverage and protection of each stakeholder group by groundwater level minimum thresholds established at representative monitoring wells.
From: Stakeholder integration predicts better outcomes from groundwater sustainability policy
a Coverage and protection shown for each agricultural well (top), domestic well (middle) and groundwater-dependent ecosystem (bottom). b Coverage and protection for each stakeholder summarized within the Sustainability Plan area. The proportion of Sustainability Plans with ≥50% covered agricultural wells and domestic wells within a given plan was 64% (n = 67 of 105 Sustainability Plans) and 64% (n = 66 of 104 Sustainability Plans), respectively (depicted by light or dark blue).  The proportion of Sustainability Plans with ≥50% protected agricultural wells and domestic wells within a given plan was 37% (n =  39 of 105 Sustainability Plans) and 29% (n = 30 of 104 Sustainability Plans), respectively. The proportion of Sustainability Plans with ≥50% covered and protected groundwater-dependent ecosystems within a given plan was 54% (n = 57 out of 106 Sustainability Plans) and 8% (n = 8 out of 106 Sustainability Plans), respectively.
