Groundwater Contamination Inventory

Groundwater contamination inventory A METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE with a model legend for groundwater contamination inventory and risk maps Edited by Alexander Zaporozec IHP-VI, SERIES ON GROUNDWATER NO. 2 Groundwater contamination inventory A METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE Prepared for the International Hydrological Programme within Project 3.1 (IHP-V) by the Project Working Group: A. Zaporozec (United States of America), Co-ordinator and Editor J. E. Conrad (South Africa) R. Hirata (Brasil) P-O. Johansson (Sweden) J. C. Nonner (The Netherlands) E. Romijn (The Netherlands) J. M. C. Weaver (South Africa) IHP-VI, SERIES ON GROUNDWATER NO. 2 UNESCO, 2004 The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO, in particular concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Published in 2004 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP Layout and typesetting by Marina Rubio, Saint-Denis ISBN 92-9220-004-6 © UNESCO 2004 Fo r e wo r d The need for hydrological research, basic as well as applied, is substantial to help rationally manage the world’s water resources. To satisfy this need, and the interest of Member States, UNESCO, in 1975, launched a long-term intergovernmental programme, the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), to follow the first worldwide programme devoted to scientific study of the hydrological cycle, the International Hydrological Decade (1965–1974). Although the IHP is basically a scientific and educational programme, UNESCO endeavours to direct programme activities towards the practical solutions of the world’s v