Review: Safe and sustainable groundwater supply in China

Exploitation of groundwater has greatly increased since the 1970s to meet the increased water demand due to fast economic development in China. Correspondingly, the regional groundwater level has declined substantially in many areas of China. Water sources are scarce in northern and northwestern Chi...

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Published in:	Hydrogeology journal Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 1301 - 1324
Main Authors:	Wang, Yanxin, Zheng, Chunmiao, Ma, Rui
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-08-2018 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Anthropogenic factors Aquatic Pollution ARSENIC CHINA Coastal aquifers CONCENTRATION RATIO Contaminants CONTAMINATION Degradation Drinking water Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Economic development Economic growth Economics ECOSYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Exploitation Fluorides FLUORINE Geology Geophysics/Geodesy GROUND WATER Groundwater Groundwater depletion Groundwater levels Groundwater management Groundwater quality Groundwater resources Groundwater supply Groundwater table Groundwater withdrawal Human influences Hydrogeology Hydrology/Water Resources Impact analysis INTERACTIONS Intrusion IODINE Land subsidence Marine ecosystems POLLUTION Pollution sources Regional development Resource depletion RESOURCE EXPLOITATION Saline water intrusion SALINITY SEAWATER Seawater intrusion Subsidence Surface water Surface-groundwater relations SURFACES SUSTAINABILITY URBAN AREAS Waste Water Technology Water demand Water Management Water pollution WATER POLLUTION CONTROL Water quality Water Quality/Water Pollution Water resources Water sources Water supply Water table WATER TABLES China Groundwater/surface-water relations Hydrochemistry Groundwater resources Groundwater sustainability China
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