Contents

Table of Contents Foreword

Foreword - scope and structure of this book Chapter 1.  Groundwater and public health SECTION I: SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND INFORMATION Chapter 2.  Groundwater occurrence and hydrogeological environments Chapter 3.  Pathogens: Health relevance, transport and attenuation Chapter 4.  Chemicals: Health relevance, transport and attenuation

SECTION II: INFORMATION NEEDS FOR CHARACTERISATION OF THE                       RECHARGE AREA Chapter 5.  Socio-economic, institutional and legal aspects in groundwater                 assessment and protection Chapter 6.  Collecting information for characterising the catchment and                 assessing pollution potential Chapter 7.  Socio-economic, institutional and legal aspects: Information needs Chapter 8.  Assessment of aquifer pollution vulnerability and susceptibility to                 the impacts of abstraction: Information needs Chapter 9.  Agriculte: Information needs Chapter 10. Human excreta and sanitation: Information needs Chapter 11. Industry, mining and military sites: Information needs Chapter 12. Waste disposal and landfill: Information needs Chapter 13. Traffic and transport: Information needs

SECTION III: CATCHMENT SPECIFIC SITUATION ANALYSIS Chapter 14. Assessment of groundwater pollution potential Chapter 15. Establishing groundwater management priorities

SECTION IV: APPROACHES IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT Chapter 16. Water Safety Plans: Risk management approaches for the delivery                 of safe drinking water from groundwater sources Chapter 17. Groundwater protection zones Chapter 18. Wellhead protection and sanitary completion Chapter 19. Hydrological management Chapter 20. Policy and legal systems to protect groundwater Chapter 21 Agriculture: Control and protection Chapter 22. Human excreta and sanitation: Control and protection Chapter 23. Industrial, mining and military sites: Control and protection Chapter 24. Waste disposal and landfill: Control and protection Chapter 25. Traffic and Transport: Control and protection