Urban Groundwater: Meeting The Challenge (selected Papers On Hydrogeology)

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During the past three decades, urban groundwater has emerged as one of the world’s most pressing issues. Explosive population growth, most prevalent in cities, has placed an inordinate demand on groundwater supply, prompting concerns for its long-term sustainability at a time when the quality of available groundwater resources is being increasingly degraded by anthropogenic activity. Cities less reliant on groundwater for potable supply are equally obliged to manage subsurface water with cautious respect since rising groundwater levels can generate a myriad of problems such as unstable land slopes, flooded basements, tunnels and electrical utilities, and the release of polluted water to urban wetlands, springs and streams. Challenges in Urban Groundwater is premised on a growing recognition that most urban groundwater problems are not uniquely associated with any particular region or hydrogeological environment, and much can be learned by understanding the successes and failures of others. It showcases the best urban groundwater papers presented at the International Geological Congress held in Florence, Italy in 2004, and is supplemented by contributions solicited from other world experts active in urban groundwater research. Topics covered range from the urban water balance and rising groundwater levels to groundwater contamination and the role of aquifer modelling.

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URBAN GROUNDWATER – MEETING THE CHALLENGE SELECTED PAPERS ON HYDROGEOLOGY 8 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROGEOLOGISTS Urban groundwater – meeting the challenge Selected papers from the 32nd International Geological Congress (IGC), Florence, Italy, August 2004 Matthias Eiswirth Memorial Volume Edited by Ken W.F. Howard Vice-President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), Chair of the IAH Commission on Groundwater in Urban Areas and Professor of Hydrogeology at the University of Toronto, Canada LONDON / LEIDEN / NEW YORK / PHILADELPHIA / SINGAPORE International Hydrological Programme United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) coordinated the preparation of this book as an IAH contribution to the implementation of the Groundwater and Urban Water Management components of the 6th phase of the IHP Programme (2002–2007) – Water Interaction Systems at Risks and Social Challenges Taylor & Francis is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK All rights reserved. No part of this publication or the information contained herein may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written prior permission from the publishers. Although all care is taken to ensure integrity and the quality of this publication and the information herein, no responsibility is assumed by the publishers nor the author for any damage to the property or persons as a result of operation or use of this publication and/or the information contained herein. Published by: Taylor & Francis/Balkema P.O. Box 447, 2300 AK Leiden, The Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] www.balkema.nl, www.taylorandfrancis.co.uk, www.crcpress.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from