Groundwater in rural development : facing the challenges of supply and resource sustainability

Groundwater is of major importance to rural development in many countries of the world. As a result of its widespread distribution, low development cost, and generally excellent quality, it has been the fundamental resource allowing the rapid development of improved domestic water supplies for the r...

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Main Author: Foster, Stephen
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2000
Series:World Bank technical paper no. 463
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505 |a Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- 1. General introduction -- 2. Groundwater supply: installation and operation -- 3. Groundwater resource sustainability -- 4. Protecting groundwater quality -- 5. The rural-urban interface: an addendum -- References -- Boxes -- Tables. 
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