Environmental protection of springs and groundwater outcrops in Brazil: history and current technical gaps

Even though springs and groundwater outcrops are considered to be permanent preservation area (PPA) since 1965, the legislator, through Law 12651 of 2012, removed the environmental protection of intermittent outcrops. That permanent protection status was reestablished by the Brazilian Federal Suprem...

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Main Authors: Kleber Isaac Silva de Souza, Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe, Catia Regina Silva de Carvalho Pinto, Tadeu Maia Portela Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Águas Subterrâneas 2019-03-01
Series:Revista Águas Subterrâneas
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Online Access:https://aguassubterraneas.abas.org/asubterraneas/article/view/29254