The global groundwater situation: overview of opportunities and challenges

Groundwater offers us few but precious opportunities for alleviating the misery of the poor; but it poses many?and daunting?challenges of preserving the resource itself. A big part of the answer is massive initiatives to augment groundwater recharge in regions suffering depletion; but, in the ultima...

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Main Authors:	Shah, Tushaar, Molden, David J., Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Seckler, D.
Format:	Libro
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Water Management Institute 2000
Subjects:	groundwater resources groundwater depletion water scarcity water shortage poverty rural development river basins sustainability waterlogging salinity aquifers water pollution pumps recharge water harvesting
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36400