Groundwater Science and Policy: An International Overview

Emilio Custodio; Marisol Manzano; Philippe Quevauviller; Johannes Grath; Andreas Scheidleder; Hans Peter Broers; Bas Van Der Grift; Jasper Griffioen; Ruth Heerdink; Johannes Grath; Rob Ward; Andreas Scheidleder; Philippe Quevauviller; Stéphane Roy; Philippe Quevauviller; Dan L. Danielopol; Christian Griebler; Amara Gunatilaka; Hans Jürgen Hahn; Janine Gibert; F. Mermillod-Blondin; Giuseppe Messana; Jos Notenboom; Boris Sket; Jean-Daniel Rinaudo; Pierre Strosser; Ramon Laplana; Nadine Turpin; Philippe Négrel; Dominique Darmendrail; Adriaan Slob; Thomas Ertel; Hermann J. Kirchholtes; Philippe Quevauviller; Catherine Gonzalez; Anne-Marie Fouillac; Richard Greenwood; Antony Chapman; Jos Brils; Erik Ansink; Cécile Herivaux; Pierre Strosser; Thomas Track; Steve Setford; Sharon Huntley; Claudine Vermot-Desroches; John Wijdenes; Damia Barceló; Monica Rosell Linares; Peter Werner; Jens Fahl; Hans-Peter Rohns; Claudia Forner; Jesper Holm; Douglas Graham; Eckard Hitsch; Josef Lintschinger; Jeroen Ter Meer; Hans Van Duijne; Rob Nieuwenhuis; Huub Rijnaarts; Christos D. Tsakiroglou; Thomas Ptak; Jerker Jarsjö; Lorenzo Galbiati; Giovanni Bidoglio; Stephen Foster; Lucila Candela; Ryan D. Wilson; Steven F. Thornton; David N. Lerner; Andreas Scheidleder; Johannes Grath; Philippe Quevauviller; Dietmar Müller; Anne-Marie Fouillac; Geo E. Arnold; Wim J. De Lange; Michiel W. Blind; Philippe Quevauviller; Jörg Frauenstein; H. Johan Van Veen; Peter Grathwohl; Hans van der Sloot; Crystal Rodgers-Jenkins; Claudia Pahl-Wostl; Jens Newig; Dagmar Ridder; Klaus Hinsby; Roland Purtschert; W. Mike Edmunds; Philippe Quevauviller; Christophe Mouvet; Philippe Quevauviller; Hans Jørgen Henriksen; Lars Troldborg; Per Nyegaard; Anker L. Højberg; Torben O. Sonnenborg; Jens Christian Refsgaard

doi:10.1039/9781847558039

Groundwater Science and Policy: An International Overview

Author(s):

Emilio Custodio, Marisol Manzano, Philippe Quevauviller, Johannes Grath, Andreas Scheidleder, Hans Peter Broers, Bas Van Der Grift, Jasper Griffioen, Ruth Heerdink, Johannes Grath, Rob Ward, Andreas Scheidleder, Philippe Quevauviller, Stéphane Roy, Philippe Quevauviller, Dan L. Danielopol, Christian Griebler, Amara Gunatilaka, Hans Jürgen Hahn, Janine Gibert, F. Mermillod-Blondin, Giuseppe Messana, Jos Notenboom, Boris Sket, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Pierre Strosser, Ramon Laplana, Nadine Turpin, Philippe Négrel, Dominique Darmendrail, Adriaan Slob, Thomas Ertel, Hermann J. Kirchholtes, Philippe Quevauviller, Catherine Gonzalez, Anne-Marie Fouillac, Richard Greenwood, Antony Chapman, Jos Brils, Erik Ansink, Cécile Herivaux, Pierre Strosser, Thomas Track, Steve Setford, Sharon Huntley, Claudine Vermot-Desroches, John Wijdenes, Damia Barceló, Monica Rosell Linares, Peter Werner, Jens Fahl, Hans-Peter Rohns, Claudia Forner, Jesper Holm, Douglas Graham, Eckard Hitsch, Josef Lintschinger, Jeroen Ter Meer, Hans Van Duijne, Rob Nieuwenhuis, Huub Rijnaarts, Christos D. Tsakiroglou, Thomas Ptak, Jerker Jarsjö, Lorenzo Galbiati, Giovanni Bidoglio, Stephen Foster, Lucila Candela, Ryan D. Wilson, Steven F. Thornton, David N. Lerner, Andreas Scheidleder, Johannes Grath, Philippe Quevauviller, Dietmar Müller, Anne-Marie Fouillac, Geo E. Arnold, Wim J. De Lange, Michiel W. Blind, Philippe Quevauviller, Jörg Frauenstein, H. Johan Van Veen, Peter Grathwohl, Hans van der Sloot, Crystal Rodgers-Jenkins, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Jens Newig, Dagmar Ridder, Klaus Hinsby, Roland Purtschert, W. Mike Edmunds, Philippe Quevauviller, Christophe Mouvet, Philippe Quevauviller, Hans Jørgen Henriksen, Lars Troldborg, Per Nyegaard, Anker L. Højberg, Torben O. Sonnenborg, Jens Christian Refsgaa

Editor(s):

Philippe Quevauviller

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Until recently, focus on groundwater mainly concerned its use as drinking water and as an important resource for industry (e.g. cooling waters) and agriculture (irrigation). It has, ...

Until recently, focus on groundwater mainly concerned its use as drinking water and as an important resource for industry (e.g. cooling waters) and agriculture (irrigation). It has, however, become increasingly obvious that groundwater should not only be viewed as a drinking water reservoir, but that it should also be protected for its environmental value. In this respect, groundwater represents an important link of the hydrological cycle through the maintenance of wetlands and river flows, acting as a buffer through dry periods. Hence, deterioration of groundwater quality may directly affect other related aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The groundwater legislative framework under the EU Water Framework Directive and the newly adopted Groundwater Directive establishes criteria linked to environmental objectives which have to be met by 2015 following successive operational steps including characterisation, risk assessment (analysis of pressures and impacts), monitoring and design of programmes of measures. These milestones require that sound technical and scientific information be made accessible to water managers, which is so far still not sufficiently streamlined. In this context, this book describes the groundwater legislative milestones and presents series of research and development activities that aim to directly support them. It has, therefore, the ambition to become a vehicle liaising policy requirements and available scientific knowledge in this area.