Ebook: Drying wells, rising stakes : towards sustainable agricultural groundwater use.
Author: OECD
- Tags: Groundwater recharge -- OECD countries, Groundwater -- Environmental aspects -- OECD countries, Groundwater -- Environmental aspects, Groundwater recharge, OECD countries, Grundvatten -- miljöaspekter
- Series: OECD studies on water.
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: OECD
- City: OECD countries.
- Language: English
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Groundwater has provided great benefits to agriculture irrigation in semi-arid OECD countries, but its intensive use beyond recharge in certain regions has depleted resources and generated significant negative environmental externalities. The report provides a characterisation of the diversity of groundwater systems, reviews policies in OECD countries, and proposes a package of recommendations to ensure that Read more...