By 2050, the demand for water to sustain world agriculture will
increase by seventy-five per cent in order to feed an estimated
nine billion inhabitants. Increased amounts of water will be
required for irrigation and for industrial and domestic use.
Natural ecosystems will be threatened by the expansion of
agricultural land and by a reduction in water availability, while
climate change will exacerbate the situation. Management of
available resources, particularly groundwater, will become more
critical and aquifers will need to be managed for the benefit of
all. These selected papers were first presented at the
International Association of Hydrogeologists, Dijon 2006, and are
divided into six themes: large aquifers, resource assessment; large
aquifers, water salinity and evolution; karstic and carbonate
aquifer systems; geothermal aquifer systems; aquifer contamination
studies and aquifer monitoring systems and management. The volume
also includes a short biography of Henry Darcy and illustrates his
contribution to science. Five invited contributions describe modern
methods for estimating the hydraulic conductivity of aquifers.
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