Refining management strategies for groundwater resources

Despite years of management interventions, groundwater resources remain threatened by overexploitation and contamination due to increasing human population, urban, industrial and agricultural development, and climate change and sea level rise. Population dynamics accompanied by climate change will p...

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Published in:Hydrogeology journal 2014-12, Vol.22 (8), p.1727-1730
Main Authors: Klein, Wendy A., Manda, Alex K., Griffin, Michael T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural development
Aquatic Pollution
Climate change
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Economic factors
Essay
Geology
Geophysics/Geodesy
Groundwater
Human populations
Hydrogeology
Hydrology/Water Resources
Overexploitation
Saline water intrusion
Sea level rise
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Urban agriculture
Waste Water Technology
Water levels
Water Management
Water pollution
Water Pollution Control
Water Quality/Water Pollution
Water resources
Water resources management
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Summary:Despite years of management interventions, groundwater resources remain threatened by overexploitation and contamination due to increasing human population, urban, industrial and agricultural development, and climate change and sea level rise. Population dynamics accompanied by climate change will place greater stresses on groundwater resources and lead to increased threats of pollution, salt-water intrusion, and declining water levels due to large withdrawal volumes. A well-defined, long-term future vision must provide a strategic approach to resource protection that includes long-term aspirations, incorporating environmental, societal and economic factors and comprise dynamic short-term goals or objectives for sustainable development of groundwater resources.
ISSN:1431-2174
1435-0157
DOI:10.1007/s10040-014-1177-2