Sustaining Groundwater Resources A Critical Element in the Global Water Crisis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jones, J. Anthony A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: International Year of Planet Earth
• Subjects: Environment.; Hydrology.; Hydrogeology.; Physical geography.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Physical Geography.

Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century. Both have critical implications for groundwater resources, especially in many developing countries where resources are already under pressure. Due to low rainfall and high evaporation in parts of...