The alternative to legal proceedings for now is to drill a new well at a cost of around $2 million, according to Ron Stock, the Weed city administrator.
While opinion can be divided, Unicef holds that children who are unlawfully recruited by armed groups must be primarily considered as victims of violations against international law and not as alleged perpetrators and treated in accordance with international standards for juvenile justice with alternatives to judicial proceedings sought where possible.
"However," Mr. Eyerman continued, "it may be the 'best' alternative or only alternative to providing notice of legal proceedings to individuals we cannot locate through diligent search.
"ICE's family residential centers are used as an effective and humane alternative to maintain family unity as families go through immigration proceedings or return to their home countries," the statement says.
Once a child is accused of a crime, there are no alternatives to formal court proceedings.
Having grown from humble origins as an alternative to the International programme at its 1947 outset, when eight theatre troupes gatecrashed the proceedings, the Fringe, with more than 30,000 performances spread over 250 locations, now dwarfs the other festivals.
"But alternative to what?
Another alternative to foreclosure proposed in the paper is to combine a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure -- or a program where borrowers return the home to lenders without foreclosure proceedings -- with a rent-back arrangement.
As an alternative to the traditional method of divorce conducted in the courtroom, mediation offers an opportunity for a couple to mitigate their financial damages customarily associated with divorce proceedings.
The study, published online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also calls into serious question the safety of the chemical most widely used in products labeled "BPA-free," and therefore marketed as a safer alternative to BPA.
