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This book, through its 19 chapters, highlights success stories, research outputs and various government schemes and actions taken on groundwater recharge and rainwater harvesting in developing countries. The interventions are focused on resolving water crises through supply side interventions, improving water quality and addressing climate change impacts. The contributions from across the globe shows how these approaches have been successful in supplementing potable water supply, reducing the intensity of overexploitation of groundwater resources, better storm water management, intensifying treated grey water reuse, and improving groundwater quality and environmental flows. The chapters deal with a wide array of issues, from local-scale experimentation and management to government schemes adopted, community involvement, private sector engagement, addressing socio-economic issues and policy interventions. The book includes contributions made by researchers, government departments, civil societies, policymakers and practitioners from 15 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and other developing countries, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Qatar, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. The book places before the readers, the strives being undertaken in the Global South to address the sustainability of water resources and climate change adaptation through traditional and innovative methods to groundwater recharge, water harvesting and storage.
List of contents
The Role of Groundwater Aquifers Artificial Recharge in Water Resources Management in Egypt.- Water Conservation and Artificial Recharge Efforts in India.- Groundwater Recharge, Rainwater Harvesting and Regulations for Sustainable Water Resources Development in Nigeria.- Farm Ponds in Semi-arid Hard Rock Terrain of India: Are they Increasing Dependency on Groundwater?.- Rainfall Recharge Wells for Groundwater Sustainability in Qatar.- Managed Aquifer Recharge in a Semi-arid Basin: A Case study from the Souss Aquifer, Morocco.- Managed Aquifer Recharge in Chile: A Promising Alternative to Enhance Water Security.- From Managed Aquifer Recharge to Managing Aquifer Recharge: Developing a Strategic Approach to Artificial Recharge in India.- Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects in the Western Karoo, South Africa: Progress and Challenges.- Artificial Recharge of Groundwater in Tunisia: A Long and Fruitful Experience.- Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Santa Marta and Bogata, Colombia.- Groundwater Artificial Recharge in Jordan- Case Studies and Potential Areas.- Groundwater Artificial Recharge in the Marj Sanour Watershed-Palestine.- Rainwater Harvesting for Groundwater Recharge: Experience from Sri Lanka.- Groundwater Recharge in the Kabul Plain (Afghanistan) through Rainwater Harvesting.- Combating Urban Water logging with Support from an Underlaying Overexploited Aquifer- A Case Study from India.- Guatemala: Water harvesting and Managed Aquifer Recharge to Combat Water Scarcity in a Country of Apparent Water Abundance.- Scope of Induced Recharge to River Bank Aquifers in Bangladesh.- Epilogue Managed Groundwater Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Management: Research, Practices and Policies from Developing Countries.
