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Getting to Grips with Groundwater Pollution Protection in Developing Countries

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Although groundwater is widely and increasingly exploited for potable water‐supply in developing countries the threat of groundwater pollution has, as yet, received little attention. Activities currently producing the principal risks are described in some detail. A basis for rapid assessment of the degree of groundwater pollution risk is proposed, based on the evaluation of, and the interaction between, pollutant loading and aquifer vulnerability. Protection zones around individual groundwater supply sources can generally play, at most, only a minor role in overall policy. The strategy proposed is aquifer‐oriented and activity‐related. The evaluation of aquifer pollution vulnerability, made in the rapid risk assessment and based on three semi‐independent criteria, could be used to select the required protection measures in relation to specific land‐use activities.

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  • S. S. D. Foster, 1986. "Getting to Grips with Groundwater Pollution Protection in Developing Countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(1), pages 51-60, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:10:y:1986:i:1:p:51-60
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1986.tb00779.x
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    1. Mohan Munasinghe, 1991. "Groundwater resource management and environmental protection," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 15(4), pages 302-312, November.

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