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Public Health Risk Assessment and Risk Management for Safe Drinking Water

Groundwater provides drinking water to more than 10 million Canadians, including more than 80% of rural populations. Ensuring that groundwater is safe for human consumption is a shared responsibility of any scientist or professional engaged in a domestic or municipal groundwater supply. All such individuals should understand the basis for judging the safety of drinking […]

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The hidden wealth of nations: the economy of groundwater in an era of climate change

Groundwater is our most important freshwater resource. But the lack of systematic analysis of its economic importance has evaded attention from policymakers and the general public—threatening the resource. Groundwater provides 49 percent of the water withdrawn for domestic use by the global population and around 43 percent of all water withdrawn for irrigation. This report

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Identifying International Legal Trends for Managing Transboundary Groundwater and Aquifers

Humanity is heavily dependent on transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers for its freshwater. As a result, policymakers, groundwater managers, water law professionals, and the public must become more aware about this critical resource to ensure its sustainable use into the future. This book reviews the handful of treaties and informal arrangements implemented by various nations

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Cross-Border Impacts Related to Transboundary Aquifers: Characterizing Legal Responsibility and Liability

Groundwater recognizes none of the political boundaries that humanity has drawn on maps.  As a result, when groundwater traverses borders and frontiers it raises questions of responsibility and liability pertaining to the use, management, exploitation, and administration of cross-border aquifers. This occurs both at the international level where two or more sovereign nations, as well

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Urban Groundwater

During the past fifty years, urban groundwater has emerged as one of the world’s pressing issues. Explosive population growth in cities throughout the world has created an inordinate demand for safe groundwater supplies, raising concerns for their long-term sustainability at a time when aquifers are being increasingly degraded by human activity. Cities less reliant on

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