Groundwater science and policy : an international overview /: an international overview. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Philippe Quevauviller.
• Other Names: Quevauviller, Ph
• Contents: General introduction : the need to protect groundwater -- Science-policy integration for common approaches linked to groundwater management in Europe -- Transferring scientific knowledge to societal use : clue from the AQUATERRA integrated project -- Groundwater management and planning : how can economics help? -- European Union groundwater policy -- US drinking water regulation : the ground water rule -- Principles of the common implementation strategy of the WFD : the groundwater Working Group -- The Pilot River Basin network : examples of groundwater-related activities -- The Harmoni-CA initiative -- Linking public participation to adaptive management -- Groundwater characterisation and risk assessment in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive -- Groundwater quality background levels -- Groundwater age and quality -- Characterisation of groundwater contamination and natural attenuation potential at multiple scales -- Improved risk assessment of contaminant spreading in fractured underground reservoirs -- Groundwater risk assessment at contaminated sites (GRACOS) : test methods and modelling approaches -- INCORE : integrated concept for groundwater remediation -- Groundwater monitoring in the policy context -- Screening methods for groundwater monitoring -- Quality assurance for groundwater monitoring -- Prevention and reduction of groundwater pollution at contaminated megasites : integrated management strategy and its application on megasite cases -- Forecasting natural attenuation as a risk-based groundwater remediation strategy -- Diffuse groundwater quality impacts from agricultural land-use : management and policy implications of scientific realities -- Integrated management principles for groundwater in the WFD context -- System approach to environmentally acceptable farming -- WATCH, water catchment areas : tools for management and control of hazardous compounds -- Methodology for the establishment of groundwater environmental quality standards -- Pesticides in European groundwaters : biogeochemical processes, contamination status and results from a case study -- Evaluation of the quantitative status of groundwater-surface water interaction at a national scale -- Conceptual models in river basin management -- Modelling reactive transport of diffuse contaminants : identifying the groundwater contribution to surface water quality -- SNOWMAN : an alternative for transnational research funding -- Incorporation of groundwater ecology in environmental policy -- Towards a science-policy interface (WISE-RTD) in support of groundwater management.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : RSC Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xli, 754 pages), illustrations, maps (1 color)
• Subjects: 363.73946094; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology; Groundwater -- European Union countries -- Management; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Measurement; Groundwater -- Pollution -- European Union countries -- Prevention; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control; Groundwater -- Management; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Measurement; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Prevention; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847558039; 1847558038
• Related ISBNs: 9780854042944; 0854042946
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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