Hydrogeological and Environmental Investigations in Karst Systems, 2015 Environmental Earth Sciences Series, Vol. 1

MODULE I Water and the hydrological cycle.- Surface water.- Groundwater.- Chemical, isotopic and microbiological, composition of waterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE II EXPLORING AND MONITORING WATER.- Data monitoring and recording.- Hydrological and environmental mappingCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE III WATER RESOURCES IN DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL MEDIA.- Water resources in hard rocks.- Water resources in detritic materials.- Water resources in karstifiable rocks.- Coastal aquifersCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE IV WATER QUALITY, CONTAMINATION AND PROTECTION OFWATER.- Natural quality of water.- Water contamination.- Preventing contamination and protecting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE V WATER AND ENVIRONMENT.- Hydrologic research in wetlands.- Water in protected natural spacesCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VI WATER RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT.- Managing water resources.- Extracting groundwaterCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VII PROJECTS AND STUDIES ON WATER RESOURCES ANDENVIRONMENT.- Creating and managing projects on water resources and the environment.- Water in evaluation and environmental impact studies.- Projects on geothermal resources and geological storage within aquifersCase examples Practical activities.- MODULE VIII LAWS AND ECONOMY OF WATER.- Laws on water.- Water economicsCase examples Practical activities.