| Title: |
Groundwater Management in Large River Basins
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> book / book chapter(s)
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| Country: |
USA
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| Year of publication: |
2008 |
| Author 1/Producer: |
Milan Dimkic, Heinz-Jurgen Brauch and Michael Kavanaugh
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| Author / Producer Type: |
University research group / research institute
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| ISBN: |
ISBN: 9781843391906
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Water resources and their management -->Monitoring and mitigation
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
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| Short description: |
This book reviews the state-of-the-art of groundwater management in large river providing an innovative, informative and consistent approach with technical tools for planners, decision makers and engineers. Groundwater Management in Large River Basins provides comprehensive coverage of the basic elements of groundwater management in large river basins, including: (i) Social, economic and legislative framework, goals, practices and possible tools; (ii) Review of EU groundwater legislation and its implementation; (iii) Natural groundwater occurrence and natural circumstances and processes; (iv) Groundwater management and maintenance issues, including role of natural factors in groundwater management; different methods of groundwater abstraction and protection; groundwater treatment technologies; well ageing and maintenance; nitrate problems, etc.; (v) Groundwater modelling as a tool for groundwater assessment; (vi) Aquifer restoration; (vii) A spectrum of technical appendices for engineers, which address groundwater issues. Also included will be appendices intended to support the work of groundwater engineers. This book will be of interest to groundwater engineers and planners, as well as lecturers and postgraduate and postdoctoral students.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 20/03/2009
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