The use and re-use of unsustainable groundwater for irrigation: a global budget

Depletion of groundwater aquifers across the globe has become a significant concern, as groundwater is an important and often unsustainable source of irrigation water. Simultaneously, the field of water resource management has seen a lively debate over the concepts and metrics used to assess the dow...

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Main Authors: Danielle S Grogan, Dominik Wisser, Alex Prusevich, Richard B Lammers, Steve Frolking
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5fb2