Review: Safe and sustainable groundwater supply in China

• Published in: Hydrogeology journal Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 1301 - 1324
• Main Authors: Wang, Yanxin, Zheng, Chunmiao, Ma, Rui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic Pollution; ARSENIC; CHINA; cities; Coastal aquifers; CONCENTRATION RATIO; Contaminants; CONTAMINATION; Degradation; drinking; Drinking water; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Economic development; Economic growth; Economics; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Exploitation; Fluorides; FLUORINE; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; GROUND WATER; Groundwater; Groundwater depletion; groundwater extraction; Groundwater levels; Groundwater management; Groundwater quality; Groundwater resources; Groundwater supply; Groundwater table; Groundwater withdrawal; Human influences; Hydrogeology; Hydrology/Water Resources; Impact analysis; INTERACTIONS; Intrusion; IODINE; Land subsidence; Marine ecosystems; POLLUTION; Pollution sources; Regional development; Resource depletion; RESOURCE EXPLOITATION; Saline water intrusion; SALINITY; saltwater intrusion; SEAWATER; Seawater intrusion; Subsidence; Surface water; Surface-groundwater relations; SURFACES; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREAS; Waste Water Technology; Water demand; Water Management; Water pollution; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; Water quality; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Water resources; Water sources; Water supply; Water table; WATER TABLES; China; Groundwater/surface-water relations; Hydrochemistry; Groundwater resources; Groundwater sustainability; China

Exploitation of groundwater has greatly increased since the 1970s to meet the increased water demand due to fast economic development in China. Correspondingly, the regional groundwater level has declined substantially in many areas of China. Water sources are scarce in northern and northwestern Chi...