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Geoscience for the Public Good and Global Development: Toward a Sustainable Future
Author(s)
Gregory R. Wessel;
Gregory R. Wessel
Geology in the Public Interest, P.O. Box 1135, Vashon, Washington 98070, USA
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Jeffrey K. Greenberg
Jeffrey K. Greenberg
Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 60187, USA
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Geological Society of America

Volume
520
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© 2016 Geological Society of America
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ISBN print:
9780813725208
Publication date:
May 01, 2016
Book Chapter
Summary of groundwater resources in Haiti
Author(s)
James K. Adamson
Northwater International, 104 Woodbridge Lane, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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James K. Adamson
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Gérald Jean-Baptiste
Foratech Environnement, Varreux 1, Route Nationale 1, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Gérald Jean-Baptiste
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W. Javan Miner
Northwater International, 960 Clocktower Drive, Suite F, Springfield, Illinois 62704, USA
W. Javan Miner
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Published:May 01, 2016
Groundwater resources in Haiti are considered abundant, with greater than 2 billion cubic meters per year (2 × 109 m3/yr) of renewable resources and 56 billion cubic meters of reserves. However, groundwater is not available everywhere and many aquifers are often low yielding, discontinuous, or are at risk from saltwater intrusion, overexploitation, reduced recharge, and contamination. Economic development, population growth, and climate change are factors that will increase stress on groundwater resources. Sector leadership, capacity building mechanisms, integrated water policy, and a clear regulatory framework are urgently needed to manage, regulate, and protect Haiti’s groundwater resources to...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Antilles
- aquifers
- carbonate rocks
- Caribbean region
- characterization
- climate change
- drawdown
- Greater Antilles
- ground water
- Haiti
- Hispaniola
- policy
- pollution
- protection
- recharge
- reefs
- regulations
- risk assessment
- salt-water intrusion
- sedimentary rocks
- springs
- sustainable development
- water pollution
- water quality
- water resources
- water supply
- water wells
- water yield
- West Indies
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