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Managing the Invisible : Understanding and Improving Groundwater Governance

Marcus Wijnen, Bénédicte Augeard, Bradley Todd Hiller, Christopher Scott Ward, Patrick Huntjens

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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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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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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

Key concepts: Groundwater, Groundwater recharge, Climate change, Environmental science, Water cycle, Water resource management, Water resources, Agriculture

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