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WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT provides a detailed introduction to the full range of advanced, multidisciplinary techniques used in the study of water resources from understanding individual aquifers to the protection and management of water in a sustainable way, compatible with the preservation of the environment. Based on a masters course from UNESCO´s International Hydrological Program, this textbook is accompanied by color figures and graphics, illustrating clearly the content of the text and showing real examples from the field. Each chapter also contains a list of exercises and practical activities as well as case studies.

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MODULE I Water and the hydrological cycle.- Surface water.- Groundwater.- Chemical, isotopic and microbiological, composition of waterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE II EXPLORING AND MONITORING WATER.- Data monitoring and recording.- Hydrological and environmental mappingCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE III WATER RESOURCES IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL MEDIA.- Water resources in hard rocks.- Water resources in detritic materials.- Water resources in karstifiable rocks.- Coastal aquifersCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE IV WATER QUALITY, CONTAMINATION AND PROTECTION OFWATER.- Natural quality of water.- Water contamination.- Preventing contamination and protecting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE V WATER AND ENVIRONMENT.-Hydrologic research in wetlands.- Water in protected natural spacesCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VI WATER RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT.- Managing water resources.- Extracting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VII PROJECTS AND STUDIES ON WATER RESOURCES ANDENVIRONMENT.- Creating and managing projects on water resources and the environment.- Water in evaluation and environmental impact studies.- Projects on geothermal resources and geological storage within aquifersCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VIII LAWS AND ECONOMY OF WATER.- Laws on water.- Water economicsCase examples Practical activities.

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