Threats To The Quality Of Groundwater Resources

Author : Andrea Scozzari,Elissavet Dotsika
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662485965

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Threats to the Quality of Groundwater Resources by Andrea Scozzari,Elissavet Dotsika Pdf

This book focuses on scientific and technological aspects of groundwater-resources assessment and surveillance. It describes relevant risks and investigates selected techniques for the monitoring and mitigation of the individuated threats to groundwater quality. The authors discuss the concepts of groundwater-resources protection and offer examples of both geogenic and anthropogenic degradation of groundwater quality, such as heavy metals from mining activities and natural water-rock interactions, as well as risk of contamination due to geological CO2 storage practices etc. The volume also covers non-invasive monitoring techniques and briefly addresses innovative sensor technologies for the online assessment of water quality. Furthermore, the role played by geochemical techniques, the potential of environmental isotopes and the support provided by physical modelling are highlighted. The chapters guide the reader through various viewpoints, according to the diverse disciplines involved, without aiming to be exhaustive, but instead picking representative topics for their relevance in the context of groundwater protection and control. This book will be of interest to advanced students, researchers, policy-makers and stakeholders at various levels.

Author : Jouko Soveri,Tuulikki Suokko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Groundwater
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016217577

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Future Groundwater Resources at Risk by Jouko Soveri,Tuulikki Suokko Pdf

Author : Ali Fares
Publisher : Springer
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319320083

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Emerging Issues in Groundwater Resources by Ali Fares Pdf

This book discusses how emerging groundwater risks under current and potential climate change conductions reduce available groundwater resources for domestic use, and agriculture and energy production. The topics discussed throughout this book are grouped into five sections; (i) Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, and Food Security, (ii) Emerging Contaminants, (iii) Technologies and Decision Support Systems, (iv) Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions, and (v) Economics, and Energy Production and Development. This book is unique and different from other groundwater hydrology books in that it uses a holistic approach in investigating the risks related to groundwater resources. This book will be of interest to a wide audience in academia, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and environmental entities. This book will greatly contribute to a better understanding of the emerging risks to groundwater resources and should help responsible stakeholders make informed decisions in this regard.

Author : Stephen S. D. Foster
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015055872066

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Groundwater Quality Protection by Stephen S. D. Foster Pdf

Groundwater is an essential natural resource for the economic and secure provision of drinking water supplies. Pollution hazard assessment is an essential part of environmental best practice for water supply utilities, both in terms of protecting groundwater quality from future pollution and mitigating threats posed by existing activities. This book looks at the need for groundwater protection strategies, and provides a technical guide to methodological approaches including: mapping aquifer pollution vulnerability; the delineation of groundwater supply protection areas; developing an inventory of subsurface contaminant load; and the assessment and control of groundwater pollution hazards. The guide is particularly relevant for the Latin American and Caribbean region where many cities are highly dependent upon groundwater resources.

Author : Balamurugan Panneerselvam,Chaitanya Baliram Pande,Kirubakaran Muniraj,Anand Balasubramanian,Nagavinothini Ravichandran
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031047077

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Climate Change Impact on Groundwater Resources by Balamurugan Panneerselvam,Chaitanya Baliram Pande,Kirubakaran Muniraj,Anand Balasubramanian,Nagavinothini Ravichandran Pdf

This volume discusses climate change impacts on groundwater quality in arid and semi-arid regions, and provides human health risk assessments due to pollution of surface and groundwater. The book presents recent trends in monitoring groundwater management and implementing pollution mitigation strategies, including practices involving remote sensing and GIS techniques, entropy water quality index, weighted arithmetic water quality index, fuzzy logic applications, and improved irrigation methods. The book also outlines hydrological processes in arid and semi-arid regions and hydrochemical properties of surface and groundwater as a necessary background for understanding how pollution impacts groundwater quality and resources, and how geographical modeling of hydrological processes can aid in human health risk assessments. The book is intended for academics, administrators, policymakers, social scientists, and professionals involved in the various aspects of climate change impact on groundwater quality, hydrological process, pollution mitigation strategies, sustainable development, and environmental planning and management.

Author : Chester D. Rail
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482278958

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Groundwater Contamination, Volume II by Chester D. Rail Pdf

Fully updated and expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Groundwater Contamination explains in a comprehensive way the sources for groundwater contamination, the regulations governing it, and the technologies for abating it. This volume discusses aquifer management and strategies for stormwater control and groundwater restoration. A number of case histories on site analysis and remediation based on DOE and state documents are included. Among the many new features of this edition are a full discussion of risk assessment, the preparation of groundwater protection plans, and references linking the text to over 2,300 water-related Web sites.

Author : L. Candela,A. Aureli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Agricultural pollution
ISBN : WISC:89122312283

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Agricultural Threats to Groundwater Quality by L. Candela,A. Aureli Pdf

Author : Yong Xiao,Venkatramanan Senapathi,Lichun Wang,Chengcheng Li,Haiyan Liu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832526675

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Interactions between groundwater and human communities: Perspectives on the resources, environments, threats and sustainable development by Yong Xiao,Venkatramanan Senapathi,Lichun Wang,Chengcheng Li,Haiyan Liu Pdf

Author : Shakir Ali
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031537776

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Groundwater Quality and Geochemistry in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions by Shakir Ali Pdf

Author : Holger Treidel,Jose Luis Martin-Bordes,Jason J. Gurdak
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203120767

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Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources by Holger Treidel,Jose Luis Martin-Bordes,Jason J. Gurdak Pdf

Climate change is expected to modify the hydrological cycle and affect freshwater resources. Groundwater is a critical source of fresh drinking water for almost half of the worlds population and it also supplies irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands, and associated ecosystems. But despite this,

Author : Martina Zeleňáková,Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka,Abdelazim M Negm
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030648923

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Quality of Water Resources in Poland by Martina Zeleňáková,Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka,Abdelazim M Negm Pdf

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning water quality in Poland. It offers a wide variety of cases and issues on water resource quality management. The book also presents different methods and strategies to effectively use the most advanced water resource quality problems such as water pollution, whether physical, chemical, or biological, of surface water resources and groundwater resources. The authors pay exceptional attention to water quality monitoring in agricultural, urban catchments, and water reservoirs. More light into the water quality is required to assess water's physicochemical status accurately and plan suitable protection actions against recognized threats. This book addresses the needs of professional engineers, researchers, policy planners, decision-makers, stakeholders, and anyone looking to learn more about the quality situation of water resources in Poland and other similar countries and regions.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241546683

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Protecting Groundwater for Health by World Health Organization Pdf

This publication provides a structured approach to analyzing hazards to groundwater quality, assessing the risk they may cause for a specific supply, setting priorities in addressing these, and developing management strategies for their control. This book summarizes which pathogens and chemicals are relevant to human health, how they are transported, reduced, removed or retarded; provides practical guidance on characterizing the drinking-water catchment area and assessing potential health hazards; provides guidance on prioritising both hazards and management responses; presents key information on potential management actions and explains their integration into a comprehensive Water Safety Plan from catchment to consumer; and describes policy, land-use planning and implementation of pollution prevention, groundwater, with overviews of specific management approaches applicable to agriculture, sanitation, industry, mining, military sites, waste disposal and traffic.--Publisher's description.

Author : Steven Earle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1537068822

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Physical Geology by Steven Earle Pdf

This is a discount Black and white version. Some images may be unclear, please see BCCampus website for the digital version.This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy. But the real inspiration comes from a fascination for the spectacular geology of western Canada and the many decades that the author spent exploring this region along with colleagues, students, family, and friends. My goal has been to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to the important topics of geology, richly illustrated with examples from western Canada. Although this text is intended to complement a typical first-year course in physical geology, its contents could be applied to numerous other related courses.

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780409405

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Groundwater Allocation by Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Pdf

Groundwater allocation determines who is able to use groundwater resources, how, when and where. It directly affects the value (economic, ecological, socio-cultural) that individuals and society obtain from groundwater, today and in the future. Building on the 2015 OECD publication Water Resources Allocation: Sharing Risks and Opportunities, this report focuses on groundwater and how its allocation can be improved in terms of economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness and social equity. Drawing on an analysis of groundwater’s distinctive features and nine case studies of groundwater allocation in a range of countries, the report provides practical policy guidance for groundwater allocation in the form of a "health check". This health check can be used to assess the performance of current arrangements and manage the transition towards improved allocation.

Author : Satinder Ahuja
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080921124

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Handbook of Water Purity and Quality by Satinder Ahuja Pdf

This work provides those involved in water purification research and administration with a comprehensive resource of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from contaminants, both natural and human caused. The book first provides an overview of major water-related issues in developing and developed countries, followed by a review of issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations and forensics in water quality and purity investigations. The subsequent chapters cover microbial as well chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semi-volatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, as well as potential terrorist-related contamination. The last chapter describes the Grainger prize-winning filter that can remove arsenic from water sources and sufficiently protect the health of a large number of people. - Covers the scope of water contamination problems on a worldwide scale - Provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants - Describes the filter that won the $1 million Grainger prize and thereby highlighting an important approach to remediation