| Description |
1 online resource (xli, 754 pages) : illustrations, maps (1 color) |
| Contents |
General introduction : the need to protect groundwater -- Science-policy integration for common approaches linked to groundwater management in Europe -- Transferring scientific knowledge to societal use : clue from the AQUATERRA integrated project -- Groundwater management and planning : how can economics help? -- European Union groundwater policy -- US drinking water regulation : the ground water rule -- Principles of the common implementation strategy of the WFD : the groundwater Working Group -- The Pilot River Basin network : examples of groundwater-related activities -- The Harmoni-CA initiative -- Linking public participation to adaptive management -- Groundwater characterisation and risk assessment in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive -- Groundwater quality background levels -- Groundwater age and quality -- Characterisation of groundwater contamination and natural attenuation potential at multiple scales -- Improved risk assessment of contaminant spreading in fractured underground reservoirs -- Groundwater risk assessment at contaminated sites (GRACOS) : test methods and modelling approaches -- INCORE : integrated concept for groundwater remediation -- Groundwater monitoring in the policy context -- Screening methods for groundwater monitoring -- Quality assurance for groundwater monitoring -- Prevention and reduction of groundwater pollution at contaminated megasites : integrated management strategy and its application on megasite cases -- Forecasting natural attenuation as a risk-based groundwater remediation strategy -- Diffuse groundwater quality impacts from agricultural land-use : management and policy implications of scientific realities -- Integrated management principles for groundwater in the WFD context -- System approach to environmentally acceptable farming -- WATCH, water catchment areas : tools for management and control of hazardous compounds -- Methodology for the establishment of groundwater environmental quality standards -- Pesticides in European groundwaters : biogeochemical processes, contamination status and results from a case study -- Evaluation of the quantitative status of groundwater-surface water interaction at a national scale -- Conceptual models in river basin management -- Modelling reactive transport of diffuse contaminants : identifying the groundwater contribution to surface water quality -- SNOWMAN : an alternative for transnational research funding -- Incorporation of groundwater ecology in environmental policy -- Towards a science-policy interface (WISE-RTD) in support of groundwater management |
| Summary |
Until recently, focus on groundwater mainly concerned its use as drinking water and as an important resource for industry (e.g. cooling waters) and agriculture (irrigation). It has, however, become increasingly obvious that groundwater should not only be viewed as a drinking water reservoir, but that it should also be protected for its environmental value. In this respect, groundwater represents an important link of the hydrological cycle through the maintenance of wetlands and river flows, acting as a buffer through dry periods. Hence, deterioration of groundwater quality may directly affect |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Groundwater -- European Union countries -- Management
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Groundwater -- Pollution -- Measurement
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Groundwater -- Pollution -- European Union countries -- Prevention
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Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
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Environmental science, engineering & technology.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
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Groundwater -- Management
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Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation
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Groundwater -- Pollution -- Measurement
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Groundwater -- Pollution -- Prevention
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Quevauviller, Ph.
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| LC no. |
2009286001 |
| ISBN |
9781847558039 |
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1847558038 |
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