Sustainable Groundwater Development

Author : Piotr Maloszewski,Stanisław Witczak,Grzegorz Malina
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780415698412

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Groundwater Quality Sustainability by Piotr Maloszewski,Stanisław Witczak,Grzegorz Malina Pdf

Sustainable groundwater development requires knowledge of the appropriate recharge and transport-processes. This is a prerequisite to understanding: (i) groundwater resources and their availability, and (ii) the dependence between groundwater and the environment. Conceptual understanding of groundwater flow at both temporal and spatial scales (local and regional) is essential for management that will support engineering, industry, agriculture, ecology, and all environmentally related issues. This book has been prepared for scientists, researchers, students, engineers, water resources specialists, groundwater consultants, government administrators and teachers. It is of direct and applied interest to practitioners in hydrogeology and groundwater (resources, quality, pollution, protection and clean-up), geochemistry and hydrogeochemical modelling, and investigators into environmental hydrology, groundwater dependent ecosystems, and other practical environmental issues.

Author : Jean-Daniel Rinaudo,Cameron Holley,Steve Barnett,Marielle Montginoul
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030327668

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Sustainable Groundwater Management by Jean-Daniel Rinaudo,Cameron Holley,Steve Barnett,Marielle Montginoul Pdf

This book describes and analyses the diversity of possible approaches and policy pathways to implement sustainable groundwater development, based on a comparative analysis of numerous quantitative management case studies from France and Australia. This unique book brings together water professionals and academics involved for several decades in groundwater policy making, planning or operational management to reflect on their experience with developing and implementing groundwater management policy. The data and analysis presented accordingly makes a significant contribution to the empirical water management literature by providing novel, real world insights unpublished elsewhere. The originality of the contributions also lies in the different disciplinary perspectives (hydrogeology, economics, planning and social sciences in particular) adopted in many chapters. The book offers a unique comparative analysis of France, Australia and experiences in countries such as Chile and the US to identify similarities, but also fundamental differences, which are analysed and presented as alternative policy options – these differences being mainly related to the role of the state, the community and market mechanisms in groundwater management.

Author : Piotr Maloszewski,Stanislaw Witczak,Grzegorz Malina
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203137659

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Groundwater Quality Sustainability by Piotr Maloszewski,Stanislaw Witczak,Grzegorz Malina Pdf

Sustainable groundwater development requires knowledge of the appropriate recharge and transport-processes. This is a prerequisite to understanding: (i) groundwater resources and their availability, and (ii) the dependence between groundwater and the environment. Conceptual understanding of groundwater flow at both temporal and spatial sc

Author : Kevin M. Hiscock,Mike O. Rivett,Ruth M. Davison
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1862390975

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Sustainable Groundwater Development by Kevin M. Hiscock,Mike O. Rivett,Ruth M. Davison Pdf

Author : Pavelic, Paul,Villholth, Karen G.
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Research to support sustainable groundwater development and governance in Laos by Pavelic, Paul,Villholth, Karen G. Pdf

Author : Pradip K. Sikdar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319751153

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Groundwater Development and Management by Pradip K. Sikdar Pdf

This book deals with the challenges for efficient groundwater management, with a focus on South Asia and India, providing a balanced presentation of theory and field practice using a multidisciplinary approach. Groundwater of South Asia is increasingly confronted with overuse and deteriorating quality and therefore requires urgent attention. Management of the stressed groundwater systems is an extremely complex proposition because of the intricate hydrogeological set-up of the region. Strategies for sustainable management must involve a combination of supply-side and demand-side measures depending on the regional setting and socio-economic situations. As a consequence, the challenges of efficient groundwater management require not only a clear understanding of the aquifer configuration, but also demand for the development of a comprehensive database of the groundwater occurrences and flow systems in each hydrogeological setting. In addition, drilling and well construction methods that are appropriate to different hydrogeological formations need to be implemented as well as real-time monitoring of the status of the groundwater use. Also corrective measures for groundwater that is threatened with depletion and quality deterioration need to be installed. Finally, the legal framework of groundwater needs to be rearticulated according to the common property aspect of groundwater. These challenges should revolve around effective groundwater governance by creating an atmosphere to support and empower community-based systems of decision-making and revisit the existing legal framework and groundwater management institutions by fostering community initiatives. This book is relevant for academics, professionals, administrators, policy makers, and economists concerned with various aspects of groundwater science and management.

Author : Alan M. MacDonald
Publisher : ITDG Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060884452

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Developing Groundwater by Alan M. MacDonald Pdf

A user-friendly guide to developing groundwater for rural water supplies in developing countries. It provides information on simple, effective techniques for siting wells and boreholes, assessing resource sustainability, constructing and testing the yield of boreholes and wells, and monitoring groundwater quality.

Author : S. P. Sinha Ray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811317712

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Ground Water Development - Issues and Sustainable Solutions by S. P. Sinha Ray Pdf

Ground water resources are receiving global attention, as human population growth and development cause significant changes to the earth system. It plays a major role in ensuring livelihood security in many parts of South Asia and its contribution to poverty alleviation is substantial. The complex nature of ground water problems in the Indian Sub-continent requires a precise delineation of the ground water regimes in different hydro geological settings and socio-economic conditions and is a primary necessity for sustainable and equitable management. Strategies to respond to ground water over-exploitation and deteriorating water quality must be based on a new approach. Practical policies and various solution options urgently need to be formulated and implemented to prevent the development problems. There is pressing need to evolve workable methods and approaches based on modern scientific researches on ground water resources, as well as to build a social framework including community participation at all levels for a ground water development system. The community participation in water pumping policies, incentives of efficient use, affordability of low income users and other vulnerable groups, water awareness are prime factors for success of any ground water based water supply project.

Author : Prosun Bhattacharya,AL Ramanathan,Arun B. Mukherjee,Jochen Bundschuh,D. Chandrasekharam,A.K. Keshari
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203894569

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Groundwater for Sustainable Development by Prosun Bhattacharya,AL Ramanathan,Arun B. Mukherjee,Jochen Bundschuh,D. Chandrasekharam,A.K. Keshari Pdf

Groundwater is the most important source of domestic, industrial, and agricultural water and also a finite resource. Population growth has created an unprecedented demand for water, with the situation most critical in the developing world, where several million people depend on contaminated groundwater for drinking purposes. Geogenic contaminants,

Author : Chaitanya B. Pande,Manish Kumar,N. L. Kushwaha
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031293948

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Surface and Groundwater Resources Development and Management in Semi-arid Region by Chaitanya B. Pande,Manish Kumar,N. L. Kushwaha Pdf

This book explains the challenges for efficient sustainable surface and groundwater development and management with the focus on India and other countries, providing a stable output presentation by using machine learning data mining methods, and modeling. It is a combination of machine learning, modeling, google earth engine, climate data modeling, remote sensing and GIS techniques, surface water modeling, AHP modeling, groundwater quality analysis, aquifer mapping, land use and land cover analysis, forecasting of water and rainfall and so on, its use to sustainable development, planning, and management of groundwater purposes in India and other countries. The main purpose of this book will develop better outlines for the development of surface and groundwater and management in the semi-arid region climate, which supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in India, especially on sustainable surface water and groundwater resources management. This book provides a multidisciplinary overview for the faculty members, administrators scientists, policymakers, social science, and professionals involved in the various aspects of sustainable groundwater development, planning, and management.

Author : Paul Pavelic,Karen G. Villholth,Shilp Verma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000866445

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Sustainable Groundwater Development for Improved Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa by Paul Pavelic,Karen G. Villholth,Shilp Verma Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the benefits and challenges of intensifying groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for improving smallholder agrarian livelihoods. Only about 3% of the groundwater resources of Sub-Saharan Africa are used for irrigated agriculture despite the subcontinent’s relative abundance of groundwater. The majority of the region’s smallholders are highly dependent on seasonal dryland cropping, making them extremely vulnerable to uncertain weather patterns and droughts. Improved irrigation capabilities through sustainable groundwater development could unleash smallholder farming and make it a major driver of economic growth, poverty reduction, climate resilience, and improved food security. So, why is groundwater so underused? Tapping into groundwater requires a major shift in farming practices and it has its own challenges and requirements – smallholder access to land and finance for irrigation infrastructure and equipment, gendered and equitable adoption options. This whole list is framed in terms of what the smallholder farmers need. Hence, this should also be put in this context, supply chains, energy access, resource availability, and institutional support. The chapters in this book present a picture that is not only heterogeneous across the region, but also hold some common denominators. They serve to enrich the discourse and help better understand the barriers along the pathways toward the sustainable and transformative adoption of groundwater irrigation. The scientific information provided herein would be of interest to researchers, practitioners, decision makers and planners with interest in the region. This book was originally published as a Special Issue of Water International journal.

Author : Viviana Re,Rodrigo Lilla Manzione,Tamiru A. Abiye,Aditi Mukherji,Alan MacDonald
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000539196

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Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth by Viviana Re,Rodrigo Lilla Manzione,Tamiru A. Abiye,Aditi Mukherji,Alan MacDonald Pdf

Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth explores how groundwater, often invisibly, improves peoples’ lives and livelihoods. This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs. Spring water, wells or boreholes have provided safe drinking water and reliable water for irrigation or industry for millennia. However, the hidden nature of groundwater often means that it’s important role both historically and in the present is overlooked. This collection helps fill this knowledge gap, providing a diverse set of new studies encompassing different perspectives and geographies. Different interdisciplinary methodologies are described that can help understand linkages between groundwater, livelihoods and growth, and how these links can be threatened by over-use, contamination, and ignorance. Written for a worldwide audience of practitioners, academics and students with backgrounds in geology, engineering or environmental sciences; Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth is essential reading for those involved in groundwater and international development.

Author : Robert E. Mace
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031135163

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Groundwater Sustainability by Robert E. Mace Pdf

This book will provide a comprehensive discussion of groundwater sustainability, including what it is, how its definition has changed over time, why traditional assessments of it are wrong, how assessments of it are ideally multidisciplinary efforts recognizing that policy is more controlling of outcomes than science, and why achieving it is difficult once pumping exceeds sustainable levels of pumping. The book will provide a nontechnical background of hydrogeology relevant to groundwater sustainability and present several case studies from around the United States and the world. The book has been designed to appeal to academics, students, and practitioners. Academics, particularly those just getting into the subject, will find the book a useful entry in terms of management concepts and political realities of attempting to achieve groundwater sustainability. It will also be useful to academics in that the book will include discussions on the history and development of groundwater sustainability and the practical aspects of aspiring to and achieving sustainable production. Although not a textbook, the book could be used as the basis for teaching a course or as a supplement to a hydrogeology or groundwater management class. Accordingly, the book will include questions and additional reading materials at the end of each chapter. This book will also be useful to practitioners through non-technical explanations of the sciences, discussions of the nuances of defining sustainability in aquifers, and the presentation of case studies where sustainable management has failed and succeeded.

Author : Chaitanya B. Pande,Kanak N. Moharir
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030681241

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Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region by Chaitanya B. Pande,Kanak N. Moharir Pdf

This book addresses the various challenges in achieving sustainable groundwater development, management, and planning in semi-arid regions, with a focus on India, and discusses advanced remote sensing and GIS techniques for the estimation and management of groundwater resources. The book is timely as there is a need for a better understanding of the various tools and methods required to efficiently and sustainably meet the growing demand for clean surface and groundwater in developing countries, and how these tools can be combined with other strategies in a multi-disciplinary fashion to achieve this goal in water-scarce regions. To wit, the book combines remote sensing and GIS techniques, runoff modeling, aquifer mapping, land use and land cover analyses, evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficients, and water policy approaches. This will be of use to academics, policymakers, social scientists, and professionals involved in the various aspects of sustainable groundwater development, planning, and management.

Author : Neven Kresic
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071640916

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Groundwater Resources by Neven Kresic Pdf

An All-Inclusive Guide to Efficient, Cost-Effective Management of Groundwater Resources Groundwater Sustainability is a reliable, one-stop guide containing all the information you'll need to succeed in your groundwater management and development projects. It covers virtually every aspect of the subject, from how to characterize groundwater and evaluate its resources to determining the interactions between surface water and groundwater. Packed with hundreds of illustrations, this expansive guide reviews both established and innovative aquifer restoration techniques and technologies, including the control and remediation of contaminant sources and groundwater contaminant plumes. You'll also find valuable information regarding resource augmentation, the engineering necessary for resource development, and building comprehensive databases for efficient, cost-effective assessment. Written in an inviting-to-read style by a recognized expert in the field, Groundwater Sustainability provides the last word on the all-important subject of how to maintain and manage the most precious natural resource. Inside: In-depth coverage of groundwater availability and sustainability Treatment options for groundwater contaminants Tools and techniques for effectively managing aquifers Proven tactics for protecting and restoring groundwater resources Case studies, figures, graphs, and photographs Tips on building assessment models using a GIS platform This all-in-one guide covers: Global Freshwater Resources Aquifer Evaluation Groundwater Resource Development Groundwater Recharge Climate Change and Its Impact on Groundwater Groundwater Chemistry Drinking Water Treatment Options Managing & Restoring Groundwater Resources