The forty papers in this book explore the state of sustainable groundwater management in a wide range of countries and cultures, climates, and geologies. They are organized in topic areas covering flow, chemical water quality, biological water quality, remediation, engineering, and socio-economics. An introductory section presents a range of integrated regional-scale studies. This volume will interest groundwater specialists in industry and research, and will provide insight for other urban specialists, including planners.

Zusammenfassung

Given that around 50% of the world's population live in cities, and that urban populations are expanding rapidly, the issues are important and becoming increasingly urgent. To reduce the effects of such impacts, management is required irrespective of whether the groundwater is to be used or not. This management must be based on a sound technical understanding of the interacting processes involved. The forty papers in this volume explore the state of this understanding in the context of a wide range of countries (and therefore cultures), climates, and geologies. They are divided into topic areas covering flow, chemical water quality, biological water quality, remediation, engineering, and socio-economics. An initial section sets the scene with a range of integrated regional-scale studies. The volume provides an insight into groundwater issues for other urban specialists, including planners: without communication between the disciplines involved, progress towards acceptable urban sustainability will be slow.

Inhalt

TOWARDS MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS.- REGIONAL OVERVIEWS.- ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES TO HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN URBAN AREAS.- DEMANDS ON, CONDITION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE BAKUMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY.- GEOENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN AZERBAIJAN.- SOURCES OF GROUNDWATER SUPPLY TO URBANIZED AREAS IN AZERBAIJAN.- OPTIMIZATION OF GROUNDWATER USAGE FOR URBANIZED RURAL SETTLEMENT SUPPLY IN AZERBAIJAN.- URBAN GROUNDWATER POLLUTION IN TURKEY.- GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ÇORLU, TURKEY.- EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER OVER-ABSTRACTION BY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE TRAKYA REGION, TURKEY.- A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN ROMANIA.- GROUNDWATER FLOW.- INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF URBAN WATER SUPPLIES.- ESTIMATING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS.- RELIABILITY IN ESTIMATING URBAN GROUNDWATER RECHARGE THROUGH THE VADOSE ZONE.- URBAN WELL-FIELD CAPTURE ZONES DELINEATED USING FLOW STRUCTURE MODELLING.- CHEMICAL WATER QUALITY.- IMPACTS OF SEWER LEAKAGE ON URBAN GROUNDWATER.- CONTAMINATION AND DEGRADATION OF DE-ICING CHEMICALS IN THE UNSATURATED AND SATURATED ZONES AT OSLO AIRPORT, GARDERMOEN, NORWAY.- AROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION OF CLAY STRATA BELOW A PETROCHEMICAL SITE, UK.- BASELINE GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN THE COASTAL AQUIFER OF ST. LUCIA, SOUTH AFRICA.- HYDROCHEMICAL QUALITY OF GROUNDWATER IN URBAN AREAS OF SOUTH PORTUGAL.- ISSUES OF RADIOACTIVITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA.- RISKS POSED BY UNSANITARY LANDFILL LEACHATE TO GROUNDWATER QUALITY.- AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCES ON GROUNDWATER USED FOR WATER SUPPLY IN THE CAUCASUS MINERAL WATER REGION.-ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH UTILIZATION OF MINERAL WATERS IN URBANIZED AREAS OF AZERBAIJAN.- CONCLUSIONS FROM A NEGATIVE TRACER TEST IN THE URBAN THERMAL KARST AREA, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.- BIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY.- MONITORING AND MANAGING THE EXTENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL POLLUTION IN URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.- MICROBIAL POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER IN THE TOWN OF WALKERTON, CANADA.- EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL STORMWATER INFILTRATION ON URBAN GROUNDWATER ECOSYSTEMS.- REMEDIATION.- ORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION IN URBAN GROUNDWATER.- RECENT APPROACHES FOR URBAN GROUNDWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND REMEDIATION.- REDUCING THE GROUNDWATER POLLUTION RISK IN THE MINING AND INDUSTRIAL REGIONS OF CHIATURA AND KAZRETI, GEORGIA.- THE REMOVAL OF NITRATE AND PESTICIDES FROM CONTAMINATED WATER.- ENGINEERING.- CHEMICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TBILISI WATER STORAGE RESERVOIR, GEORGIA.- HYDROGEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE 'SLEEPING DISTRICT' (VARKETILI) OF TBILISI, GEORGIA.- AN INTEGRATED EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF VARIATIONS IN URBAN GROUNDWATER LEVEL.- THE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM OF TBILISI, GEORGIA.- ESTIMATING THE BASIC MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCE NEEDS FOR THE OPERATION OF WELL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS WITH HIGH WATER TABLES.- HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN URBAN AREAS IN THE GEORGIAN BLACK SEA COASTAL ZONE.- SOCIO-ECONOMICS.- GROUNDWATER INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.- THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER IN DELHI'S WATER SUPPLY.- WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SECTOR ANALYSIS OF THE SECONDARY TOWNS OF AZERBAIJAN.- GROUNDWATER UTILIZATION AS ADAPTIVE CAPACITY TO PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGES.