Professor Robert E. Mace is the Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University. He has over 30 years of experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, stakeholder processes, and water policy.Before joining Texas State University in 2017, Robert Mace worked at the Texas Water Development Board for 18 years, ending his career there as the Deputy Executive Administrator for the Water Science & Conservation office. While at the Board, he worked on understanding groundwater and surface-water resources in Texas; advancing water conservation and innovative water technologies such as desalination, aquifer storage and recovery, reuse, and rainwater harvesting; regional and state water planning; and protecting Texans from floods. Prior to joining the Texas Water Development Board, he worked at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin as a hydrologist and research scientist.

• 1. The Importance of Groundwater Sustainability.- 2. Water Through a Stone.- 3. Domesticating Groundwater.- 4. From Safe Yield to Where?.- 5. The Paradox of Safe Yield.- 6. The Rising Waters of Groundwater Sustainability.- 7. Groundwater Governance and Sustainability.- 8. Pathways to Groundwater Sustainability.- 9.   Groundwater Will be Produced Sustainably Whether We Like It or Not.

Professor Robert E. Mace is the Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University. He has over 30 years of experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, stakeholder processes, and water policy.Before joining Texas State University in 2017, Robert Mace worked at the Texas Water Development Board for 18 years, ending his career there as the Deputy Executive Administrator for the Water Science & Conservation office. While at the Board, he worked on understanding groundwater and surface-water resources in Texas; advancing water conservation and innovative water technologies such as desalination, aquifer storage and recovery, reuse, and rainwater harvesting; regional and state water planning; and protecting Texans from floods. Prior to joining the Texas Water Development Board, he worked at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin as a hydrologist and research scientist.

• 1. The Importance of Groundwater Sustainability.- 2. Water Through a Stone.- 3. Domesticating Groundwater.- 4. From Safe Yield to Where?.- 5. The Paradox of Safe Yield.- 6. The Rising Waters of Groundwater Sustainability.- 7. Groundwater Governance and Sustainability.- 8. Pathways to Groundwater Sustainability.- 9.   Groundwater Will be Produced Sustainably Whether We Like It or Not.

Professor Robert E. Mace is the Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Texas State University. He has over 30 years of experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, stakeholder processes, and water policy.Before joining Texas State University in 2017, Robert Mace worked at the Texas Water Development Board for 18 years, ending his career there as the Deputy Executive Administrator for the Water Science & Conservation office. While at the Board, he worked on understanding groundwater and surface-water resources in Texas; advancing water conservation and innovative water technologies such as desalination, aquifer storage and recovery, reuse, and rainwater harvesting; regional and state water planning; and protecting Texans from floods. Prior to joining the Texas Water Development Board, he worked at the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin as a hydrologist and research scientist.

• 1. The Importance of Groundwater Sustainability.- 2. Water Through a Stone.- 3. Domesticating Groundwater.- 4. From Safe Yield to Where?.- 5. The Paradox of Safe Yield.- 6. The Rising Waters of Groundwater Sustainability.- 7. Groundwater Governance and Sustainability.- 8. Pathways to Groundwater Sustainability.- 9.   Groundwater Will be Produced Sustainably Whether We Like It or Not.