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Groundwater in Rural Development : Facing the Challenges of Supply and Resource Sustainability

Some 200 million people lived on Planet Earth at the start of the modern era. That number rose to 2.5 billion by 1950. At mid-2008, the population is now 7.0 billion and is expected to reach 9.0 billion by 2040. It thus took 1,950 years for the glo...

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Main Authors: Foster, Stephen, Chilton, John, Moench, Marcus, Cardy, Franklin, Schiffler, Manuel
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
AGRICULTURAL USE OF GROUNDWATER
AQUIFERS
AVAILABILITY OF WATER
BENEFITS OF GROUNDWATER USE
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
CONSTRUCTION
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP YIELDS
DECISION MAKING
DRILLING RIGS
DRINKING WATER
DROUGHT
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERING
FOOD SECURITY
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION
GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT
GROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATION
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
GROUNDWATER PUMPING
GROUNDWATER RESOURCE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HOUSEHOLD WATER
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION CANALS
IRRIGATION WATER
OPERATION &AMP
MAINTENANCE
POLLUTION
PROTECTION OF GROUNDWATER
PUMPING
PUMPS
SALINE INTRUSION
STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION
SURFACE WATER
WATER DEMAND
WATER NEEDS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY COSTS
WATER TABLE
WATER TABLES
WATER USERS
WELLS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10030584/groundwater-rural-development-facing-challenges-supply-resource-sustainability
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11749

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10030584/groundwater-rural-development-facing-challenges-supply-resource-sustainability
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11749

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