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New Guideline on Groundwater Monitoring
Several guidelines for the development of groundwater monitoring are available. However, most of them have not adequately addressed the early stages of groundwater monitoring, which are often characterised by poor hydrogeological information, limited financial resources and/or limited institutional capacity.
In order to improve this situation, IGRAC assembled an international Working Group of groundwater professionals and gave it the task of developing a groundwater monitoring guideline for countries with limited financial resources. The guideline presented in this document is the result of concerted action by the working group. The guideline focuses on the first stage of groundwater monitoring for general reference, a prerequisite for sound groundwater management. The guideline is intended to be complementary to existing publications.
IGRAC would like to express its gratitude to the members of the Working Group for their enthusiastic cooperation that resulted in this document.
A draft version of the Guideline on Groundwater Monitoring for General Reference Purposes is now available (pdf, 7MB)!