Groundwater is the second largest store of freshwater in the world. The sustainability of the
ecosystem is largely dependent on groundwater availability, and groundwater has already …

Groundwater plays a vital role in food security, water availability, and economic growth of
more than 1.3 billion people in India. Notwithstanding the development of irrigation schemes …

Groundwater is a crucial resource for current and future generations, but it is not being
sustainably used in many parts of the world. The objective of this review is to provide a clear …

As the world's largest distributed store of fresh water, ground water plays a central part in
sustaining ecosystems and enabling human adaptation to climate variability and change …

Groundwater—the world's largest freshwater resource—is critically important for irrigated
agriculture and hence for global food security. Yet depletion is widespread in large …

Aquifers and groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are facing increasing pressure
from water consumption, irrigation and climate change. These pressures modify …

Concerns over groundwater depletion and ecosystem degradation have led to the
incorporation of the concept of groundwater sustainability as a groundwater policy …

Groundwater recharge indicates the existence of renewable groundwater resources and is
therefore an important component in sustainability studies. However, recharge is also one of …

The evaluation of groundwater quality is crucial for irrigation purposes; however, due to
financial constraints in develo** countries, such evaluations suffer from insufficient …

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