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Groundwater in Urban Development : Assessing Management Needs & Formulating Policy Strategies

dc.contributor.authorFoster, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T15:54:47Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T15:54:47Z
dc.date.issued2008-10
dc.description.abstractPeople have clustered at the water's edge throughout civilization for the most fundamental of reasons: without water there is no life. Every major city in the world has a body of water or aquifer nearby, since rivers and lakes predetermined where people would gather and dwell, groundwater constitutes about 98 percent of the fresh water on our planet (excepting that captured in the polar ice caps). This makes it fundamentally important to human life and to all economic activity. Groundwater resources in and around the urban centers of the developing world are exceptionally important as a source of relatively low-cost and generally high-quality municipal and domestic water supply. At the same time, the subsurface has come to serve as the receptor for much urban and industrial wastewater and for solid waste disposal. There are increasingly widespread indications of degradation in the quality and quantity of groundwater, serious or incipient, caused by excessive exploitation and/or inadequate pollution control. The scale and degree of degradation varies significantly with the susceptibility of local aquifers to exploitation-related deterioration and their vulnerability to pollution. Management strategies need to recognize and to address the complex linkages that exist between groundwater supplies, urban land use, and effluent disposal. Groundwater tables have become the focus of keen interest in recent years, as the supplies of water underlying urban areas have dwindled and deteriorated, threatening the millions of people who live above. When conditions are right, aquifers refill regularly from infiltrating rainfall and runoff, although sometimes with a substantial time lag. But those favorable conditions are severely altered when the ground above is overbuilt.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10030581/groundwater-urban-development-assessing-management-needs-formulating-policy-strategies
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11748
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWater P-Notes; No. 18
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAQUIFER
dc.subjectAQUIFERS
dc.subjectBOREHOLES
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectCOASTAL AREAS
dc.subjectCOMPACTION
dc.subjectCONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectCONTAMINANTS
dc.subjectDOMESTIC WATER
dc.subjectDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectDRAINAGE
dc.subjectDRAINAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectEFFLUENT DISPOSAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectFILTRATION
dc.subjectFRESH WATER
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER POLLUTION
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER PROTECTION
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER RECHARGE
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER SUPPLIES
dc.subjectICE
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectLAND SURFACE
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLEAKAGE
dc.subjectOPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPERCOLATE
dc.subjectPIPE
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC WATER
dc.subjectPUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectPUMPING
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectRUNOFF
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSEWAGE
dc.subjectSEWERAGE
dc.subjectSOLID WASTE
dc.subjectSOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subjectSURFACE DRAINAGE
dc.subjectSURFACE WATER
dc.subjectURBAN RUNOFF
dc.subjectURBAN WATER
dc.subjectURBAN WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWASTEWATER
dc.subjectWASTEWATER DISPOSAL
dc.subjectWASTEWATER TREATMENT
dc.subjectWASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
dc.subjectWATER DEMAND
dc.subjectWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER TABLE
dc.subjectWATER USE
dc.subjectWELL YIELDS
dc.subjectWELLS
dc.titleGroundwater in Urban Development : Assessing Management Needs & Formulating Policy Strategiesen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10030581/groundwater-urban-development-assessing-management-needs-formulating-policy-strategies
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20081117231200
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10030581
okr.identifier.report46470
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Sanitation and Sewerage
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Wastewater Treatment
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicWater Resources::Water and Industry
okr.unitUrban Development Sector Unit (EASUR)
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