Groundwater Management Practices (iahr Monographs)
by Angelos N. Findikakis /
2011 / English / PDF
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Groundwater is an indispensable resource in many parts of the
world, where it supports domestic water supply, irrigated
agriculture and industry. Its increased, and often intensive, use
during the last half century has created problems and raised
concerns regarding the potential depletion of local aquifers,
water quality degradation and various geologic hazards such as
land subsidence and sinkholes. This volume includes contributions
by experts from several countries who describe different
groundwater management practices in their part of the world and
discuss measures and actions in response to the challenges
associated with the sustainability of groundwater use and the
protection of the groundwater environment, as well as the
evolution of legal and institutional framework needed for their
implementation. It discusses past and present practices and
various aspects of the regulatory and legal framework of
groundwater management in Japan, China, India, Iran, Australia,
the United States, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland and the
European Union, and reviews recent efforts to improve the
management of transboundary aquifer resources.
Groundwater is an indispensable resource in many parts of the
world, where it supports domestic water supply, irrigated
agriculture and industry. Its increased, and often intensive, use
during the last half century has created problems and raised
concerns regarding the potential depletion of local aquifers,
water quality degradation and various geologic hazards such as
land subsidence and sinkholes. This volume includes contributions
by experts from several countries who describe different
groundwater management practices in their part of the world and
discuss measures and actions in response to the challenges
associated with the sustainability of groundwater use and the
protection of the groundwater environment, as well as the
evolution of legal and institutional framework needed for their
implementation. It discusses past and present practices and
various aspects of the regulatory and legal framework of
groundwater management in Japan, China, India, Iran, Australia,
the United States, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland and the
European Union, and reviews recent efforts to improve the
management of transboundary aquifer resources.
