Natural Groundwater Quality
1. Edition March 2008
488 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This text presents a series of thematic chapters together with
chapters on representative groundwater systems in Europe which
illustrate the main processes and evolution of water quality.
* * Brings together the research of a consortium of leading
European scientists who have conducted detailed studies of water
quality in Europe
* Includes a synthesis of findings, highlighting the thematic and
regional results, with recommendations regarding aquifer
evaluation, indicators, monitoring, and drinking water
standards
* Creates a key reference work on natural water quality of
aquifers, at a time when the Groundwater Directive (GD) will
shortly be brought in to supplement The European Water Framework
Directive (WFD) to ensure good status of groundwater
Foreword.
Preface.
1 Groundwater Baseline Quality.
2 The Baseline Inorganic Chemistry of European Groundwaters.
3 Organic Quality of Groundwaters.
4 Geochemical Modelling of Processes Controlling Baseline
Compositions of Groundwater.
5A Timescales and Tracers.
5B Dating Examples in European Reference Aquifers.
6 Identifying and Interpreting Baseline Trends.
7 Monitoring and Characterisation of Natural Groundwater
Quality.
8 Natural Groundwater Quality: Policy Considerations and
European Opinion.
9 The Chalk Aquifer of Dorset, UK.
10 Groundwater Baseline Composition and Geochemical Controls in
the Donana Aquifer System, SW Spain.
11 The Aveiro Quaternary and Cretaceous Aquifers, Portugal.
12 The Neogene Aquifer, Flanders, Belgium.
13 The Miocene Aquifer of Valreas, France.
14 The Miocene Sand Aquifers, Jutland, Denmark.
15 Tracer Based Study of the Badenian Bogucice Sands Aquifer,
Poland.
16 The Cambrian-Vendian Aquifer, Estonia.
17 The Cenomanian and Turonian Aquifers of the Bohemian
Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic.
18 Quality Status of the Upper Thracian Plio-Quaternary Aquifer,
South Bulgaria.
19 The Mean Sea Level Aquifer, Malta and Gozo.
20 The Natural Inorganic Chemical Quality of Crystalline Bedrock
Groundwaters of Norway.
21 Natural Groundwater Quality Summary and Signi; cance for
Water Resources Management.
Index
quality of European aquifers. These studies will serve as a good
reference for researchers, agencies, and professional organizations
in carrying out the European Groundwater Directive and for
researching other European aquifers that have not been well
documented." (Carbonates Evaporites, 2010)
"This is a well-produced book with many detailed, clear figures.
It will serve its purpose well - of informing WFD assessments of
natural background quality." (Geoscientist, 1 December 2010)
"This text is the result of these important studies and
constitutes a key reference on natural water quality of
acquifiers." (Journal of the American Water Resources
Association, December 2008)
"The book would be a very good introduction for scientists
desiring to learn more about this area of inquiry ... .The book
also would be useful for someone interested in learning more about
the major aquifiers of Europe." (Ground Water,
November/December 2008)
Director of the Oxford Centre for Water Research and formerly
research geochemist with the British Geological Survey. He has
worked extensively on groundwater quality in UK and overseas and
has over 200 scientific publications.
Paul Shand is a Landscape Geochemist with CSIRO in
Adelaide, Australia and Program Leader for research into
environmental applications of regolith science for the Australian
Commonwealth Research Council for Landscape Environments and
Mineral Exploration Program. He was formerly a Principal
Hydrogeochemist with the British Geological Survey and has worked
extensively in the UK and abroad on a wide range of
hydrogeochemistry and water quality issues.
