Sustainable groundwater use, the capture principle, and adaptive management

Water SA

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-482

  Seward, Paul ^a   Xu, Yongxin ^b   Brendonck, Luc ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Capture; Groundwater; Monitoring; Recharge; Safe yield; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CONDITION MONITORING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; WATER CONSERVATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CONDITION MONITORING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; WATER CONSERVATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CAPTURE METHOD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; PUMPING; RECHARGE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33749516820     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 03784738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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