Groundwater science and policy
Subtitle: an international overview
By: edited by Philippe Quevauviller.
Contributors: Quevauviller, Ph.
Publisher: RSC Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 754
ISBN-13: 9780854042944
Subjects: Groundwater -- Quality -- European Union countries.; Groundwater -- European Union countries -- Management.; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Measurement.; Groundwater -- Pollution -- European Union countries -- Prevention.; Groundwater -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.; Environmental policy -- European Union countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General introduction : the need to protect groundwater; title: Science-policy integration for common approaches linked to groundwater management in Europe; title: Transferring scientific knowledge to societal use : clue from the AQUATERRA integrated project; title: Groundwater management and planning : how can economics help?; title: European Union groundwater policy; title: US drinking water regulation : the ground water rule; title: Principles of the common implementation strategy of the WFD : the groundwater Working Group; title: The Pilot River Basin network : examples of groundwater-related activities; title: The Harmoni-CA initiative; title: Linking public participation to adaptive management; title: Groundwater characterisation and risk assessment in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive; title: Groundwater quality background levels; title: Groundwater age and quality; title: Characterisation of groundwater contamination and natural attenuation potential at multiple scales; title: Improved risk assessment of contaminant spreading in fractured underground reservoirs; title: Groundwater risk assessment at contaminated sites (GRACOS) : test methods and modelling approaches; title: INCORE : integrated concept for groundwater remediation; title: Groundwater monitoring in the policy context; title: Screening methods for groundwater monitoring; title: Quality assurance for groundwater monitoring; title: Prevention and reduction of groundwater pollution at contaminated megasites : integrated management strategy and its application on megasite cases; title: Forecasting natural attenuation as a risk-based groundwater remediation strategy; title: Diffuse groundwater quality impacts from agricultural land-use : management and policy implications of scientific realities; title: Integrated management principles for groundwater in the WFD context; title: System approach to environmentally acceptable farming; title: WATCH, water catchment areas : tools for management and control of hazardous compounds; title: Methodology for the establishment of groundwater environmental quality standards; title: Pesticides in European groundwaters : biogeochemical processes, contamination status and results from a case study; title: Evaluation of the quantitative status of groundwater-surface water interaction at a national scale; title: Conceptual models in river basin management; title: Modelling reactive transport of diffuse contaminants : identifying the groundwater contribution to surface water quality; title: SNOWMAN : an alternative for transnational research funding; title: Incorporation of groundwater ecology in environmental policy; title: Towards a science-policy interface (WISE-RTD) in support of groundwater management.