Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources

Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources

Author: Holger Treidel

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-12-02

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 0203120760

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Climate change is expected to modify the hydrological cycle and affect freshwater resources. Groundwater is a critical source of fresh drinking water for almost half of the worlds population and it also supplies irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands, and associated ecosystems. But despite this,