Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies

This publication provides guidance to water-sector decision makers and planners on how to deal with the quality dimension of groundwater resources management in the World Bank's client countries. There is growing evidence of increasing polluti...

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Main Authors: Foster, Stephen, Hirata, Ricardo, Gomes, Daniel, D'Elia, Monica, Paris, Marta
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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COD
FE
GAS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/10163573/groundwater-quality-protection-guide-water-utilities-municipal-authorities-environment-agencies
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topic ABSTRACTION RATE
ABSTRACTIONS
ADSORPTION
AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION
AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUIFER
AQUIFER BOUNDARIES
AQUIFER POLLUTION
AQUIFER POLLUTION VULNERABILITY
AQUIFER PROTECTION
AQUIFER RECHARGE
AQUIFER SYSTEM
AQUIFER SYSTEMS
AQUIFER VULNERABILITY MAPPING
AQUIFERS
ARSENIC
ATTENUATION
BACTERIA
BOREHOLES
BUFFER ZONES
CATCHMENT
CLEAN-UP
COAL
COD
CONSERVING WATER
CONSTRUCTION
CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT
COOLING
COVERING
DEEP AQUIFERS
DISINFECTION
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
DRAINAGE
EFFLUENT DISCHARGE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EXCESSIVE ABSTRACTION
EXCRETA
FAULTS
FE
FRESHWATER
GAS
GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP
GRAVITY
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION
GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
GROUNDWATER QUALITY
GROUNDWATER QUALITY DETERIORATION
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER SOURCES
GROUNDWATER STORAGE
GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES
GROUNDWATER SUPPLY
GROUNDWATER TABLE
GROUNDWATER USERS
HEAVY METALS
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INFILTRATION
INFILTRATION GALLERIES
IRON
IRRIGATION FIELD
ISOTOPES
LAND SURFACE
LAND USE
LANDFILL LEACHATE
LATRINES
LEAKAGE
MANGANESE
MINERAL WATERS
MINERALS
MINING
MOISTURE CONTENT
MONITORING PROGRAM
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
NATURAL RECHARGE
NITRIFICATION
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
PATHOGENS
PERCOLATION
PESTICIDES
PIPE
POLICY LEVEL
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POROSITY
POTABLE WATER
PRECIPITATION
PRESSURE
PROTECTION AREAS
PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER
PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
PUMPING
PUMPING RATES
PUMPING WELLS
QUALITY OF WATER
RAINFALL
RAW WATER
RUNOFF
SAFE DISPOSAL
SANITARY ENGINEERING
SANITARY SURVEYS
SANITATION
SEDIMENTS
SEPTIC TANKS
SEWAGE
SOIL MEDIA
SOIL PROFILE
SOILS
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
SOURCE PROTECTION
SPRINGS
STORAGE TANKS
SUBSURFACE WATER
SULPHATE
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER BODIES
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
UTILITY COMPANIES
VADOSE ZONE
VIRUSES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISPOSAL
WASTEWATER IRRIGATION
WASTEWATER REUSE
WATER AUTHORITY
WATER BALANCE
WATER BODY
WATER COMPANIES
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
WATER POLLUTANTS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY UTILITIES
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TREATMENT
WATER UTILITIES
WELL DRILLING
WELL MAINTENANCE
spellingShingle ABSTRACTION RATE
ABSTRACTIONS
ADSORPTION
AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION
AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUIFER
AQUIFER BOUNDARIES
AQUIFER POLLUTION
AQUIFER POLLUTION VULNERABILITY
AQUIFER PROTECTION
AQUIFER RECHARGE
AQUIFER SYSTEM
AQUIFER SYSTEMS
AQUIFER VULNERABILITY MAPPING
AQUIFERS
ARSENIC
ATTENUATION
BACTERIA
BOREHOLES
BUFFER ZONES
CATCHMENT
CLEAN-UP
COAL
COD
CONSERVING WATER
CONSTRUCTION
CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT
COOLING
COVERING
DEEP AQUIFERS
DISINFECTION
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
DRAINAGE
EFFLUENT DISCHARGE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EXCESSIVE ABSTRACTION
EXCRETA
FAULTS
FE
FRESHWATER
GAS
GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS
GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP
GRAVITY
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION
GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
GROUNDWATER QUALITY
GROUNDWATER QUALITY DETERIORATION
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER SOURCES
GROUNDWATER STORAGE
GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES
GROUNDWATER SUPPLY
GROUNDWATER TABLE
GROUNDWATER USERS
HEAVY METALS
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL PREMISES
INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
INFILTRATION
INFILTRATION GALLERIES
IRON
IRRIGATION FIELD
ISOTOPES
LAND SURFACE
LAND USE
LANDFILL LEACHATE
LATRINES
LEAKAGE
MANGANESE
MINERAL WATERS
MINERALS
MINING
MOISTURE CONTENT
MONITORING PROGRAM
MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
NATURAL RECHARGE
NITRIFICATION
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
PATHOGENS
PERCOLATION
PESTICIDES
PIPE
POLICY LEVEL
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POROSITY
POTABLE WATER
PRECIPITATION
PRESSURE
PROTECTION AREAS
PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER
PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
PUMPING
PUMPING RATES
PUMPING WELLS
QUALITY OF WATER
RAINFALL
RAW WATER
RUNOFF
SAFE DISPOSAL
SANITARY ENGINEERING
SANITARY SURVEYS
SANITATION
SEDIMENTS
SEPTIC TANKS
SEWAGE
SOIL MEDIA
SOIL PROFILE
SOILS
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
SOURCE PROTECTION
SPRINGS
STORAGE TANKS
SUBSURFACE WATER
SULPHATE
SURFACE WATER
SURFACE WATER BODIES
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
UTILITY COMPANIES
VADOSE ZONE
VIRUSES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISPOSAL
WASTEWATER IRRIGATION
WASTEWATER REUSE
WATER AUTHORITY
WATER BALANCE
WATER BODY
WATER COMPANIES
WATER DEMAND
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
WATER POLLUTANTS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY UTILITIES
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TREATMENT
WATER UTILITIES
WELL DRILLING
WELL MAINTENANCE
Foster, Stephen
Hirata, Ricardo
Gomes, Daniel
D'Elia, Monica
Paris, Marta
Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
description This publication provides guidance to water-sector decision makers and planners on how to deal with the quality dimension of groundwater resources management in the World Bank's client countries. There is growing evidence of increasing pollution threats to groundwater and some well-documented cases of irreversible damage to important aquifers. This guide has been produced in the belief that groundwater pollution hazard assessment must become an essential part of environmental best practice for water supply utilities. The guide is particularly relevant for the World Bank's Latin American and Caribbean Region, where many countries have initiated major changes to modernize their institutional and legal framework for water resources management, but may not yet have considered groundwater at the same level as surface water, because of lack of awareness and knowledge of groundwater issues and policy options.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Foster, Stephen
Hirata, Ricardo
Gomes, Daniel
D'Elia, Monica
Paris, Marta
author_facet Foster, Stephen
Hirata, Ricardo
Gomes, Daniel
D'Elia, Monica
Paris, Marta
author_sort Foster, Stephen
title Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies
title_short Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies
title_full Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies
title_fullStr Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies
title_full_unstemmed Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies
title_sort groundwater quality protection : a guide for water utilities, municipal authorities, and environment agencies
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/10163573/groundwater-quality-protection-guide-water-utilities-municipal-authorities-environment-agencies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13843
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spelling okr-10986-138432021-04-23T14:03:10Z Groundwater Quality Protection : A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environment Agencies Foster, Stephen Hirata, Ricardo Gomes, Daniel D'Elia, Monica Paris, Marta ABSTRACTION RATE ABSTRACTIONS ADSORPTION AGRICULTURAL CULTIVATION AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION ANIMALS AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUIFER AQUIFER BOUNDARIES AQUIFER POLLUTION AQUIFER POLLUTION VULNERABILITY AQUIFER PROTECTION AQUIFER RECHARGE AQUIFER SYSTEM AQUIFER SYSTEMS AQUIFER VULNERABILITY MAPPING AQUIFERS ARSENIC ATTENUATION BACTERIA BOREHOLES BUFFER ZONES CATCHMENT CLEAN-UP COAL COD CONSERVING WATER CONSTRUCTION CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT COOLING COVERING DEEP AQUIFERS DISINFECTION DOMESTIC WASTEWATER DRAINAGE EFFLUENT DISCHARGE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXCESSIVE ABSTRACTION EXCRETA FAULTS FE FRESHWATER GAS GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GRAVITY GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER POLLUTION GROUNDWATER PROTECTION GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER QUALITY DETERIORATION GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SOURCES GROUNDWATER STORAGE GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES GROUNDWATER SUPPLY GROUNDWATER TABLE GROUNDWATER USERS HEAVY METALS HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES HYDROCARBONS HYDROGEOLOGY INDUSTRIAL PREMISES INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INFILTRATION INFILTRATION GALLERIES IRON IRRIGATION FIELD ISOTOPES LAND SURFACE LAND USE LANDFILL LEACHATE LATRINES LEAKAGE MANGANESE MINERAL WATERS MINERALS MINING MOISTURE CONTENT MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY NATURAL RECHARGE NITRIFICATION NUTRIENTS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ORGANIC MATTER PATHOGENS PERCOLATION PESTICIDES PIPE POLICY LEVEL POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POROSITY POTABLE WATER PRECIPITATION PRESSURE PROTECTION AREAS PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PUMPING PUMPING RATES PUMPING WELLS QUALITY OF WATER RAINFALL RAW WATER RUNOFF SAFE DISPOSAL SANITARY ENGINEERING SANITARY SURVEYS SANITATION SEDIMENTS SEPTIC TANKS SEWAGE SOIL MEDIA SOIL PROFILE SOILS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SOURCE PROTECTION SPRINGS STORAGE TANKS SUBSURFACE WATER SULPHATE SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER BODIES UNDERGROUND STORAGE UTILITY COMPANIES VADOSE ZONE VIRUSES WASTEWATER WASTEWATER DISPOSAL WASTEWATER IRRIGATION WASTEWATER REUSE WATER AUTHORITY WATER BALANCE WATER BODY WATER COMPANIES WATER DEMAND WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS WATER POLLUTANTS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SERVICE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY UTILITIES WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER UTILITIES WELL DRILLING WELL MAINTENANCE This publication provides guidance to water-sector decision makers and planners on how to deal with the quality dimension of groundwater resources management in the World Bank's client countries. There is growing evidence of increasing pollution threats to groundwater and some well-documented cases of irreversible damage to important aquifers. This guide has been produced in the belief that groundwater pollution hazard assessment must become an essential part of environmental best practice for water supply utilities. The guide is particularly relevant for the World Bank's Latin American and Caribbean Region, where many countries have initiated major changes to modernize their institutional and legal framework for water resources management, but may not yet have considered groundwater at the same level as surface water, because of lack of awareness and knowledge of groundwater issues and policy options. 2013-06-11T19:52:07Z 2013-06-11T19:52:07Z 2002-09-30 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/10163573/groundwater-quality-protection-guide-water-utilities-municipal-authorities-environment-agencies 0-8213-4951-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13843 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean