The impact of urbanization on groundwater is by no means simple to understand, as it depends on a variety of factors such as climate, hydrogeology, water management practices and infrastructure. In semi-arid landscapes, the urbanization processes can involve high water consumptions and irrigation increase, which acts as a new groundwater recharge. ...
Groundwater inrush and quicksand from the underlying aquifers are two typical geological hazards during underground constructions in Shanghai region, China. The objective of this work is to give a zoning study on confined aquifers and quicksand geology in Shanghai region and provide helpful decision-making information for the government, urban plan...
Study region Brussels (Belgium) and Nantes (France), two cities located in oceanic settings. Study focus The article assesses the capabilities of detecting the presence of groundwater in sewers and waste-water in storm sewers (also called parasitic waters), which increase sewer-overflows risk, augment the water-treatment plant operation costs and p...
Irrigated agriculture in Jordan's highlands relies on overexploited groundwater. Drops in water tables and water quality, but also tougher policy measures by the government, threaten the sustainability of this activity which has long thrived on lax law enforcement and cheap desert land. This paper is based on field work in two locations of Azraq gr...
Pour obtenir et maintenir une eau potable qui réponde aux normes, les collectivités locales ont le choix entre deux types d’actions : préventives par la mise en place de périmètres de protection de captages d’eau potable (PPC) ou d’aires d’alimentation de captages (AAC), ou/et curatives qui consistent à traiter les eaux pour satisfaire les exigence...
Avoiding the negative effects of intensive groundwater resource use is challenging, especially when the interactions and causal pathways between biophysical and socioeconomic processes are complex, and when users, management, and regulatory bodies are spatially dispersed. The plain of Haouaria, in north-eastern Tunisia, has witnessed an important d...
Ce rapport présente les pratiques et stratégies des usagers agricoles et domestiques de l'eau dans les bassins du Merguelllil, en Tunisie centrale et du Tensift au Maroc. Cette analyse s'appuie sur la mobilisation de données d'origines diverses (inventaire d'exploitations agricoles, enquête détaillée d'échantillons d'exploitations, diagnostic agrai...
