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http://dx.doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2015.20.2.001

Challenges of Groundwater as Resources in the Near Future  

Lee, Jin-Yong (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.20, no.2, 2015 , pp. 1-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
Groundwater has been a very precious resource for human life and economic development in the world. With increasing population and food demand, the groundwater use especially for agriculture is largely elevated worldwide. The very much large groundwater use results in depletion of major aquifers, land subsidences in many large cities, anthropogenic groundwater contamination, seawater intrusion in coastal areas and accompanying severe conflicts for water security. Furthermore, with the advent of changing climate, securing freshwater supply including groundwater becomes a pressing and critical issue for sustainable societal development in every country because prediction of precipitation is more difficult, its uneven distribution is aggravating, weather extremes are more frequent, and rising sea level is also threatening the freshwater resource. Under these difficulties, can groundwater be sustaining its role as essential element for human and society in the near future? We have to focus our efforts and wisdom on answering the question. Korean government should increase its investment in securing groundwater resources for changing climate.
Keywords
Climate change; Extreme drought; Sea level rise; Seawater intrusion; Groundwater depletion;
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