Joint quantity/quality management of groundwater

摘要: Aquifers have always been used as sources of water, and their importance in water management can be great. It is widely known that a resource needs to managed beyond mere quantity allocations, since the quality often decisive when determining how much it will used. Given dynamic nature groundwater, this means both stock held by an aquifer stocks whatever pollutants contaminate are essential variables. 1 Many existing aquifers, especially those semi-arid regions where agricultural production intense, present scarcity problems (overdraft) deterioration. In Portugal, for example, such case with some important aquifers South (Evora, Beja, Algarve).