200 Years of British Hydrogeology

200 Years of British Hydrogeology

Author: J. D. Mather

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781862391550

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This volume highlights some of the many accomplishments of British hydrogeologists during the last 200 years. Twenty-five essays discuss such topics as the use of groundwater in 19th-century Scottish spas; the contribution of geologists to British army well-drilling units in WWI; and the development of the profession since 1974. Fifteen of the pape.


Groundwater Resources Modelling

Groundwater Resources Modelling

Author: M. G. Shepley

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781862393448

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The UK is a country with over 150 years of widespread exploitation of its principal aquifers for public water supply. Increasing demands, greater awareness of environmental pressures and more exacting legislation has heightened the need for quantitative models to predict the impacts of groundwater use. In the UK this has culminated in a unique national, regulator-led programme for England and Wales to develop conceptual and numerical models of the principal bedrock aquifers. The outcomes of this programme will be of interest to the international hydrogeological community, particularly as international legislation such as the European Water Framework Directive requires management of water issues across administrative boundaries with a varied cast of stakeholders. The collection of papers provides a contrast between practitioner- and research-based approaches to assess and predict the anthropogenic impacts and environmental pressures.