Groundwater resources sustainability indicators

The UNESCO/IAEA/IAH Working Group on Groundwater Resources Sustainability Indicators has been charged with the development of the following activities under the International Hydrological Programme (sixth phase): to prepare a list of groundwater indicators that can be computed at the national and global level, to develop indicator profiles and capacity building materials and to work with case study countries to implement groundwater indicators. In the proposed list of 10 groundwater indicators each of them describes a specific aspect of the groundwater system and/or processes, and is based on aggregation of selected variables, both quantitative and qualitative. Indicators are focused on social, economic and environmental aspects of groundwater resources policy and management, and act as an important communication tool for planners, policy-makers and the public. A balanced scientific and policy-based approach has been employed in deriving groundwater indicators. A DPISR framework was applied in finalizing the set of groundwater indicators.

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