Chapter 4
Sustainable Groundwater Management: Policy and Practice
Publication: Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management
Abstract
This chapter summarizes the critical policy for its sustainable management in a changing climate and modern satellite technologies allowing the measurement of groundwater volumes available for water supply, irrigation, and environment. The changing availability of groundwater for food security and ecosystems is examined within the framework of risk management. The chapter provides an overview of these issues and concepts such as the sustainable yield of aquifers and groundwater depletion from the overexploitation of aquifers. The risk assessment framework applies a holistic approach to the assessment of risks, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative assessment of risk. Groundwater modeling is an essential component of risk assessment. Finally, the chapter outlines the themes of groundwater management and mineral resource extraction together in case studies of the Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia.
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