Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales

Groundwater is the most abundant freshwater resource available on Earth. It is a source of drinking water for more than 2 billion people, also providing more than 40% of water resources for irrigated agriculture. Land use change accompanied with various human activities is expected to have substanti...

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description Groundwater is the most abundant freshwater resource available on Earth. It is a source of drinking water for more than 2 billion people, also providing more than 40% of water resources for irrigated agriculture. Land use change accompanied with various human activities is expected to have substantial impact on groundwater quality and contamination at regional scales throughout the twenty-first century, especially in urbanized areas. For example, the wholesale transformation of agricultural and natural ecosystems to more intensive uses of urbanization and industrialization has a strong negative impact on groundwater quality worldwide. As a consequence, in order to enhance the utility of groundwater resources under the condition of land use change, knowledge on the status of groundwater quality and contamination at regional scales is required. Therefore, this reprint presents a vast array of information on regional groundwater quality and contamination in several countries such as China, India, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In addition, a systematic review on advanced analytical approaches for phenolic compounds in groundwater was also included. We hope that it will be a useful reference for related readers, hydrogeologists, and departments of water resources’ development and utilization.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1754462026-04-16T20:56:31Z Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales Huang, Guanxing Li, Liangping Groundwater chemistry Assessment of groundwater quality Groundwater contamination Regional scales Sources identification Land uses Human activities thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences Groundwater is the most abundant freshwater resource available on Earth. It is a source of drinking water for more than 2 billion people, also providing more than 40% of water resources for irrigated agriculture. Land use change accompanied with various human activities is expected to have substantial impact on groundwater quality and contamination at regional scales throughout the twenty-first century, especially in urbanized areas. For example, the wholesale transformation of agricultural and natural ecosystems to more intensive uses of urbanization and industrialization has a strong negative impact on groundwater quality worldwide. As a consequence, in order to enhance the utility of groundwater resources under the condition of land use change, knowledge on the status of groundwater quality and contamination at regional scales is required. Therefore, this reprint presents a vast array of information on regional groundwater quality and contamination in several countries such as China, India, Uganda, and Ethiopia. In addition, a systematic review on advanced analytical approaches for phenolic compounds in groundwater was also included. We hope that it will be a useful reference for related readers, hydrogeologists, and departments of water resources’ development and utilization. 2026-04-16T20:56:23Z 2026-04-16T20:56:23Z 2026 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725866762_51 9783725866762 9783725866779 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175446 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/12365 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6677-9 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6677-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725866762 9783725866779 200 CH open access
spellingShingle Groundwater chemistry
Assessment of groundwater quality
Groundwater contamination
Regional scales
Sources identification
Land uses
Human activities
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales
title Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales
title_full Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales
title_fullStr Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales
title_full_unstemmed Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales
title_short Groundwater Quality and Contamination at Regional Scales
title_sort groundwater quality and contamination at regional scales
topic Groundwater chemistry
Assessment of groundwater quality
Groundwater contamination
Regional scales
Sources identification
Land uses
Human activities
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
topic_facet Groundwater chemistry
Assessment of groundwater quality
Groundwater contamination
Regional scales
Sources identification
Land uses
Human activities
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
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