Groundwater Recharge from Run-off, Infiltration and Percolation

Groundwater constitute the most important reservoir of available clean water. Due to its overexploitation, some anthropogenic mismanagement on the surface and the overloading of the cleanup potential of subsurface, many of the groundwater systems used for water supply are in jeopardy. The problem is very severe in dry-lands, but also in urban, industrial, agricultural and traffic areas.

This book first discusses the recharge fluxes relating both to the quantity and quality of groundwater. ...