Groundwater resources: Shaping legislation in harmony with real issues and sound concepts

Water Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-550

  Nanni, Marcella ^a   Foster, Stephen ^b  

^a International Consultant on Water Law and Administration   (Italy)

^b Groundwater Resources Management and Protection Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Fossil' groundwater; Aquifer; Aquifer recharge; Confined aquifer; Groundwater monitoring; Groundwater overexploitation; Groundwater protection areas; Groundwater quality; Land use; Non renewable groundwater resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944452389     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.0032     Document Type: Article

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