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...

• Main Author: Foster, Stephen
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2000
• Series: World Bank technical paper no. 463
• Subjects: AGUA SUBTERRANEA; DESARROLLO RURAL; OFERTA; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE; ECODESARROLLO

Table of Contents:

• 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.