Groundwater in rural development: facing the challenges of supply and resource sustainability, Volumes 23-463

Annotation Identifies appropriate technical and institutional approaches for improving the operational reliability of waterwells and the sustainability of groundwater resources as a whole. The paper emphasizes action to reduce the growth in groundwater abstraction and to constrain subsurface contaminant load. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- 1. General Introduction -- Importance Of Groundwater Supply In Rural Development -- Effects Of Agricultural Development On Groundwater -- Key Groundwater Development And Management Issues -- Variation Of Issues With Scale Of Groundwater Exploitation -- Variation Of Issues With Hydrogeological Regime -- Analysis Of Issues From Stakeholder Perspectives -- 2. Groundwater Supply: Installation And Operation -- Context Of Main Issues -- Access To Adequate Water Supply -- Intrinsic Groundwater Quality Problems -- Operational Sustainability Of Rural Water Supplies -- Resume On Groundwater Supply Development -- 3. Groundwater Resource Sustainability -- Context And Challenge For Management -- Institutional Framework For Resource Management -- Key Management Functions -- Economic Instruments For Groundwater Management -- Mounting Groundwater Management Action Plan -- 4. Protecting Groundwater Quality -- Nature Of Diffuse Pollution Threat From Agriculture -- Processes Controlling Nitrate Leaching And Transport -- Risk Of Pesticide Contamination -- Controlling The Leaching Of Agrochemicals -- Pollution Hazard Assessment And Protection Strategy -- 5. The Rural-urban Interface: An Addendum -- Groundwater Resource Competition And Transfers -- Municipal Wellfield Protection Issues -- Urban Wastewater Reuse For Irrigation -- References. Stephen Foster ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 94-[98]). Identifies appropriate technical and institutional approaches for improving the operational reliability of waterwells and the sustainability of groundwater resources as a whole. The paper emphasizes action to reduce the growth in groundwater abstraction and to constrain subsurface contaminant load. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR