Groundwater monitoring requirements for managing aquifer response and quality threats (English)

Groundwater is an extensive, concealed and inaccessible resource, and (in contrast to surface water) changes in quantity and quality are often very slow processes occurring below large land areas. These changes cannot be determined by simple one-off snapshot surveys alone, and require more elaborate monitoring networks and data interpretation. The primary goal of aquifer management is to control the impacts of groundwater abstraction and contaminant...

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Foster,James Stephen;

Garduno,Hector;

Kemper,Karin Erika;

Nanni,Marcella;

Tuinhof,Albert;
Document Date
2004/01/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
30107
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/10/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Groundwater monitoring requirements for managing aquifer response and quality threats
Keywords
Aquifer

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Foster,James Stephen; Garduno,Hector; Kemper,Karin Erika; Nanni,Marcella; Tuinhof,Albert.

Groundwater monitoring requirements for managing aquifer response and quality threats (English). GW Mate briefing note series ; no. 9 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/334871468143053052

Groundwater monitoring requirements for managing aquifer response and quality threats (English)

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