WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT provides a detailed introduction to the full range of advanced, multidisciplinary techniques used in the study of water resources from understanding individual aquifers to the protection and management of water in a sustainable way, compatible with the preservation of the environment. Based on a masters course from UNESCO's International Hydrological Program, this textbook is accompanied by color figures and graphics, illustrating clearly the content of the text and showing real examples from the field. Each chapter also contains a list of exercises and practical activities as well as case studies.

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MODULE I Water and the hydrological cycle.- Surface water.- Groundwater.- Chemical, isotopic and microbiological, composition of waterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE II EXPLORING AND MONITORING WATER.- Data monitoring and recording.- Hydrological and environmental mappingCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE III WATER RESOURCES IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL MEDIA.- Water resources in hard rocks.- Water resources in detritic materials.- Water resources in karstifiable rocks.- Coastal aquifersCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE IV WATER QUALITY, CONTAMINATION AND PROTECTION OFWATER.- Natural quality of water.- Water contamination.- Preventing contamination and protecting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE V WATER AND ENVIRONMENT.- Hydrologic research in wetlands.- Water in protected natural spacesCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VI WATER RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT.- Managing water resources.- Extracting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VII PROJECTS AND STUDIES ON WATER RESOURCES ANDENVIRONMENT.- Creating and managing projects on water resources and the environment.- Water in evaluation and environmental impact studies.- Projects on geothermal resources and geological storage within aquifersCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VIII LAWS AND ECONOMY OF WATER.- Laws on water.- Water economicsCase examples Practical activities.