Groundwater Management in the East of the European Union: Transboundary Strategies for Sustainable Use and Protection of Resources

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This volume is the result of work carried out under the NATO SPS Study Pilot Project "Sustainable Use and Protection of Groundwater Resources - Transboundary Water Management." It contains basic information on hydrogeological conditions, groundwater management and monitoring in areas of the Belarus, Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian borders, simultaneously borders of the European Union with its eastern partners. In view of the importance of the rational utilization of groundwater reserves, which is essential for our future existence, the book presents recommendations for a united methodology of an integrated groundwater monitoring system in this transnational area. The contributions also cover environmental and surface water issues that have direct effects on groundwater resources. The financial dimension of resource mobilization for environmental projects in Eastern Europe also features as part of a complex project solution. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-13 Further Perspectives of the Project “Sustainable Use and Protection of Groundwater Resources – Transboundary Water Management – Belarus – Poland – Ukraine....Pages 15-19 Hydrogeological and Legal Problems of Transboundary Aquifers in Poland....Pages 21-31 State Geological Survey of Ukraine....Pages 33-39 Groundwater Monitoring System in Belarus....Pages 41-49 Groundwater Monitoring in Lithuania....Pages 51-57 Recommendations for the Organisation of Transboundary Groundwater Monitoring in the Border Areas of Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine....Pages 59-66 Hydrogeological Problems of the Carpathian Region in the Liviv Province....Pages 67-69 The Groundwater of South-eastern Poland and Problems of Its Protection....Pages 71-89 Groundwater Monitoring in the Border Area of Poland with Lithuania....Pages 91-105 Preliminary Assumptions for Transboundary Monitoring (on the Polish Side)....Pages 107-113 Integrated Environmental Evaluation Western Buh River Basin (Ukraine and Poland) Phase I: Baseline Assessment and Analysis....Pages 115-133 Creation of the Polish–Belarusian–Ukrainian Water Policy in the Bug River Basin: The Project Carried out Within Poland–Belarus–Ukraine Neighbourhood Programme INTERREG IIIA/TACIS CBC....Pages 135-150 Contaminated Sites Investigation: The Environmental Case Study....Pages 151-158 Comparison of Ukrainian and Polish Groundwater Monitoring Methodologies in the Case of Tests Made at Monitoring Points Located in the Border Area....Pages 159-179 Financial Dimension of Resource Mobilization for Environmental Projects in Eastern Europe....Pages 181-186