Analytical note: Why is groundwater balancing easy yet difficult to imitate?

Document Type : Other scientific contents

Author

• Hashem Derakhshan

PHD student of water science and engineering , researcher at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Controlling the continuous drop of the underground water level, which is usually referred to as the balancing of the underground water; It is not a new issue and many measures such as the ban on declaring plains, the plan for balancing the underground water, the plan for adapting to water scarcity, etc. have been formulated and announced in line with it.

Keywords

• Groundwater level
• continuous decline
• Groundwater balancing
• governance of government institutions
• Integrated and collaborative management at the watershed level

Main Subjects

• Surface and Groundwater Resources

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