Megacity pumping and preferential flow threaten groundwater quality
Many of the world’s megacities depend on groundwater from geologically complex aquifers that are over-exploited and threatened by contamination. Here, using the example of Dhaka, Bangladesh, we illustrate how interactions between aquifer heterogeneity and groundwater exploitation jeopardize groundwa...
Main Authors: | Khan, Mahfuzur R., Koneshloo, Mohammad, Knappett, Peter S. K., Ahmed, Kazi M., Bostick, Benjamin C., Mailloux, Brian J., Mozumder, Rajib H., Zahid, Anwar, van Geen, Alexander, Michael, Holly A., Harvey, Charles F |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107717 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7759-4447 |
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