Urban Groundwater Management and Sustainability

Tellam, John H.; Rivett, Michael O.; Israfilov, Rauf G.; Herringshaw, Liam G.

doi:10.1007/1-4020-5175-1

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“…Workshop on "Current Problems of Hydrogeology in Urban Areas, Urban Agglomerates and Industrial Centres" was held in Azerbaijan (Howard & Israfilov, 2002). Three years later, a NATO Advanced Study Institute was held to further promote the urban groundwater research agenda (Tellam et al, 2006). Urban groundwater also featured strongly at the 3rd World Water Forum held in Japan in 2003 (Howard, 2004).…”

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“…To a large extent, urban groundwater research during the past 40 years or so has tended to focus more on problem resolution (water supplies, spills, contaminant plumes, rapidly rising/falling water tables) than on urgently required proactive measures such as wellhead protection, database development, resource monitoring and the advancement of strategies for sustainable aquifer management (Hiscock et al, 2002;Tellam et al, 2006).…”

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“…As the science of urban groundwater moves forward, it is appropriate to examine the unique and special attributes of urban groundwater and the challenges they pose. A broad review of urban groundwater studies (for example, as described in Israfilov, 2002, andTellam et al, 2006) suggests that few, if any, basic hydrogeological and hydrochemical processes are truly unique to urban systems.…”

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Howard¹

2023

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Howard¹

2023

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“…In less developed countries (LDCs), foreign firms are operating in an environment which hosts both weak water distribution infrastructures and weak water regulatory policies (Behera, 2015;Campos & Kinoshita, 2003;Walsh & Yu, 2010). It is not uncommon for MNCs to have unfettered access to water in LDCs, given that water tariffs are low and access to (ground)water is relatively free or unenforced in most developing economies (Wegerich, 2006). 8 Foreign firms have been increasing investments in LDC labor-intensive industries that are simultaneously water-intensive and water-polluting, even when MNC technologies are "cleaner" 5 For other contrary findings from a 5-year panel of Chinese provinces, see Zhang and Fu (2008), though other China-specific analysis by Dean, Lovely, and Wang (2009) suggests that these findings may be driven by a small subset of investing countries and industries.…”

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FDI, Poverty, and the Politics of Potable Water Access

Rudra

Alkon

Joshi

2018

Economics & Politics

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How does foreign direct investment (FDI) affect the wellbeing of the poor? We address this question by analyzing the impacts of FDI on access to potable water. We predict that higher levels of greenfield FDI in water-intensive sectors slow the rate of access to potable water in developing countries, with these adverse effects conditional on subnational politics. We hypothesize that this is more likely to occur in polities marked by relatively large poor and marginalized populations, where regulatory capture is more likely to occur. To test our intuition, we analyze subnational data on greenfield FDI in India, confirming that multinational investment in "thirsty" manufacturing sectors are negatively associated with improvements in potable water access. We then present a controlled comparison case study of two Indian states, Kerala and Rajasthan, highlighting the political mechanisms conditioning FDI's effects on potable water. K E Y W O R D Sdistributive effects, environment, foreign direct investment, globalization, India, inequality, integration, international political economy, Kerala, natural resources, poor, potable water, Rajasthan, regulatory capture | 367 countries where FDI is a larger percentage of GDP. Next, we present a paired case study, drawing on field interviews, as well as primary and secondary source documents, that highlights the mechanisms underlying the effects of FDI on potable water. While none of these sources themselves establish causal effects, the combined evidence points toward a new, important empirical regularity that merits further scholarly inquiry.Our major finding is that alongside local demographic and economic factors, a greater number of greenfield FDI projects-particularly in the manufacturing sector-is associated with slower progression of potable water provision. We find that Indian states which attract higher levels of FDI subsequently experience slower increases in potable water provision. But this effect only holds in states with relatively large populations of the poor, where regulatory capture by industrial lobbies is most likely to occur and the poor's demands for reforms in response to FDI's effects on water go unheeded. Our case studies from two states, Kerala and Rajasthan, trace these mechanisms in greater detail, and provide further support for our hypothesis.This research makes three contributions. First, we consider how MNC "inputs" and "outputs" have environmental-cum-societal costs, which are concentrated among the poor. Second, we posit circumstances under which citizens of developing economies may be able to resist regulatory capture of MNCs, preserving the poor's access to fundamental resources in the process. Third, we contribute to a growing literature that analyzes how domestic political factors condition the impacts of international markets.

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“…The urban groundwater has emerged as one of the world's most challenging issues [1]. The quality of available groundwater resources is being increasingly degraded by geogenic and anthropogenic activities [2] [3].…”

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Urban Groundwater Quality in India

Dahariya¹,

Ramteke²,

Sahu³

et al. 2016

JEP

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The electrical conductivity, alkalinity, salinity, hardness and chemical load of the groundwater in urban area of the country are increased enormously due to excessive urban stresses by making water unsafe for drinking purposes. Therefore, the groundwater quality of Raipur city, capital of Chhattisgarh state, India has been investigated. The physico-chemical characteristic of the groundwater along with the chemical loading variations is described. Various indices were used for rating of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes. The cluster and factor analysis models were used for source apportion of the contaminants.

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Urban Groundwater Management and Sustainability

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Urban Groundwater

Urban Groundwater

FDI, Poverty, and the Politics of Potable Water Access

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