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Groundwater Resources

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With rising water demand, declining groundwater levels, and environmental concerns, achieving a sustainable drinking water supply has become a global priority. Managed aquifer recharge has emerged as a cost-effective solution, supported by advances in geochemistry, microbiology, and hydraulics. This project aimed to identify key factors for the successful design, operation, and maintenance of sustainable underground […]

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Canada’s Groundwater Resources

This book represents the first comprehensive, synthesized single volume assessment of groundwater resources in Canada. Walkerton, water crisis, climate change, land use, drought, water energy, water bulk transfers, urbanization, transboundary aquifers — all of these are keywords and issues affecting Canadians today. This book contains the work of 45 noted Canadian groundwater scientists. It provides

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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 Groundwater provides 49 percent of the water withdrawn for domestic use by the global population and around 43 percent of all water withdrawn for irrigation.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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Seeing The Invisible

This report describes why, and how, groundwater quality is vital to human health, agriculture, industry and the environment. In turn, this explains why it is so important to World Bank staff and clients, as well as diverse managers and administrators in countries and economies at all stages of development.

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