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Informationen zum Autor Ken F. W. Howard is Vice-President of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)! Chair of the IAH Commission on Groundwater in Urban Areas! and Professor of Hydrogeology at the University of Toronto at Scarborough! Canada. Zusammenfassung Broadly divided into five sections, this book covers recharge mechanisms and the urban water balance, urban recharge management, sewer exfiltraion, assessment of contaminant impacts, and urban aquifer management. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPreface: Matthias Eiswirth MemorialRECHARGE MECHANISMS AND THE URBAN WATER BALANCE1. Urban-enhanced groundwater recharge: review and case study of Austin! Texas! USA2. Flow and solute transport monitoring at an urban lysimeter at Union Brewery! Ljubljana! Slovenia3. Urban infrastructure and its impact on groundwater contamination4. Urban groundwater problems in Cork city! southwest IrelandSEWER EXFILTRATION5. Impact on urban groundwater by wastewater infiltration into soils6.Direct measurements of exfiltration in a sewer test site in a medium-sized city in southwest Germany7. Upscaling of laboratory results on sewer leakage and the associated uncertaintyASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINANT IMPACTS8. Groundwater flow velocities indicated by anthropogenic contaminants in urban sandstone aquifers9. Development of a GIS model for assessing groundwater pollution from small scale petrol spills10. Assessment of groundwater contaminant vulnerability in an urban watershed in southeast Michigan! USA11. Xenobiotics in urban areas - investigation and estimation of chemical fluxesURBAN RECHARGE MANAGEMENT12. Conjunctive use of urban surface water and groundwater for improved urban water security13. Stormwater infiltration technologies for augmenting groundwater recharge in urban areas14. Aspects of urban groundwater management and use in IndiaURBAN AQUIFER MANAGEMENT15. Evaluating groundwater allocation alternatives in an urban setting using a geographic information system data model16. Can urban groundwater problems be transformed into new water resources?17. Hydraulic Interactions between aquifers in the Viterbo area (Central Italy)18. Alarming rise in groundwater levels beneath the city of Jodphur: an example of ground andsurface water interaction in the Thar Desert of western India19. Groundwater modelling to evaluate the risk of aquifer depletion due to a construction site in an urban area in Basel! Switzerland20. Urban groundwater resources: a case study of Porto city in northwest Portugal21. Water resources management in Taiz! Yemen:a comprehensive overviewIndex ...
