Managing the Invisible : Understanding and Improving Groundwater Governance

Groundwater is playing an increasingly important role in domestic, industrial and agricultural water supply. With the advent of the tube well and driven by the rapid growth of demand for agricultural and municipal water, annual global groundwater extraction has increased in recent decades from 100 k

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Main Authors: Wijnen, Marcus, Augeard, Benedicte, Hiller, Bradley, Ward, Christopher, Huntjens, Patrick
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL USES, AGRICULTURAL WATER, AQUIFER, AQUIFER MANAGEMENT, AQUIFERS, ARID AREAS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT AREA, CATCHMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION, CROP PRODUCTION, DECISION MAKERS, DEGRADATION OF GROUNDWATER, DEWATERING, DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS, DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, DRAINAGE, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER COST, DRINKING WATER QUALITY, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, DROUGHT, EFFLUENTS, EVAPORATION, FOOD SECURITY, FRESH WATER, FRESHWATER, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, GLACIERS, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS, GRAVITY, GROUND WATER, GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION, GROUNDWATER BODIES, GROUNDWATER DEPLETION, GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT, GROUNDWATER EXPLOITATION, GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION, GROUNDWATER ISSUES, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, GROUNDWATER PROJECTS, GROUNDWATER PROTECTION, GROUNDWATER QUALITY, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, GROUNDWATER RESERVES, GROUNDWATER RESOURCE, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER REVOLUTION, GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS, GROUNDWATER TABLE, GROUNDWATER USE, GROUNDWATER USERS, HIGH LEVELS, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROLOGICAL UNIT, ICE, INTERNATIONAL WATERS, IRON, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION WATER, ISOTOPES, LAND USE, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, LOCAL WATER, LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT, MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER, MINISTRY OF WATER, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, MUNICIPAL WATER, OPEN WELLS, OUTPUT PRICES, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE, PARTICIPATORY WATER MANAGEMENT, PESTICIDES, POLLUTION, PRESSURE, PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY, PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, PUMPING, PUMPS, QUALITY WATER, RAINFALL, RAINFALL PATTERNS, REGULATORY REGIME, REMOTE SENSING, REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES, RIVER BASIN, RUNOFF, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SALINE WATER, SALINE WATER INTRUSION, SANITATION, SECTORAL POLICIES, SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, SEWERAGE COMPANY, SOURCE PROTECTION, SPRINGS, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER RESOURCES, SURFACE WATERS, TOWNS, TOXIC ELEMENTS, URBAN DWELLERS, WASTE WATER, WASTEWATER, WATER AUTHORITY, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BILLS, WATER BOARD, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER DEMAND, WATER GOVERNANCE, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER INVESTMENTS, WATER MANAGEMENT AREAS, WATER NEEDS, WATER POLICY, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICES, WATER SOURCE, WATER SOURCES, WATER STRATEGY, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER TRANSFER, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATION, WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS, WATER WITHDRAWALS, WELL DEVELOPMENT, WELLS, WUA,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16587662/managing-invisible-understanding-improving-groundwater-governance
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17228
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Summary:Groundwater is playing an increasingly important role in domestic, industrial and agricultural water supply. With the advent of the tube well and driven by the rapid growth of demand for agricultural and municipal water, annual global groundwater extraction has increased in recent decades from 100 k