This layer of water is called the groundwater.

But this is not ground water.

Groundwater is very pure and germfree.

(a) Ecosystem approaches to integrated water resource management

Oh, some water was coming up through the floor.

What happens when the good groundwater is found?

We have, in English, surface water and ground water.

The technical standards for landfills are not in compliance with international norms, and hazardous substances leach to soil and groundwater.

Third report on shared natural resources transboundary groundwaters

So wells are made to bring up the groundwater? Exactly.

This is called kund. We have, in English, surface water and ground water.

The high nitrogen deposition increased the risk of nitrate leaching into the groundwater.

It should be made clear that groundwaters were not a common heritage of humankind.

To live here, the residents need to pump the groundwater and use scrap wood to make fire.

Oil products from production used to infiltrate into ground waters, contributing to the pollution of the Caspian Sea.

Groundwaters were a natural resource that was subject to the jurisdiction of the State that had sovereign rights associated with it.

68. In his opinion, it would be inappropriate to include confined groundwaters in the concept of a quot watercourse quot .

Waste has many impacts on the environment, including pollution of air, surface water bodies and groundwater.

ESCWA also focused on the sustainable management of shared groundwater resources, especially in the many countries where groundwater is the main source of water.

Sewage, urban solid wastes, and industrial effluents all contain various kinds of pollutants and even hazardous substances that contaminate surface water and groundwater.

catchment area. The results showed that nitrogen leaching into the groundwater or surface waters

23. The idea of including unrelated confined groundwater intrigued his delegation.

Groundwaters were an indispensable resource for human beings and in view of the topic's importance careful consideration of it was to be expected.

The Special Rapporteur was to undertake a study in order to determine the feasibility of incorporating confined groundwaters into the scope of the draft articles.

The debate continues on whether the threshold of significant harm is appropriate for the fragile natural resource of groundwaters.

Experience from previous tsunamis and other major floods suggests that the environmental damage they inflict is linked to saltwater intrusion in ground water and to the disappearance or relocation of beaches. Tsunamis may make small, low islands uninhabitable.

Experience from previous tsunamis and other major floods suggests that the environmental damage they inflict is linked to saltwater intrusion in ground water and to the disappearance or relocation of beaches.

Local stakeholders might benefit from ecosystem services for example, if expensive water pre treatment or alternative sources of water options are avoided by limiting the threat of pollution to the groundwater.

By 1976, the landfill was completed.

Conditions in the tunnels were severe wax candles often went out, sappers fainted due to stale air, ground water flooded tunnels and counter mines.

The Special Rapporteur initially did not think that an article on emergency situations was required because he could not foresee similar catastrophes affecting groundwaters.

Moreover, most water resources used in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region, both surface water and groundwater, are shared by several riparian countries.

1 The scope of UN Water's work encompasses all aspects of freshwater, including surface and groundwater resources and the interface between freshwater and seawater.

At the previous session of the Commission, some delegations had supported the Special Rapporteur apos s proposal that unrelated confined groundwaters should be covered by the draft articles, while others had opposed it.

It was hard to anticipate whether the draft articles could command wide acceptance any hasty attempt to include quot unrelated confined groundwaters quot in the topic would only further complicate the issue and give rise to more controversy.

Roads are of a very poor standard, with most consisting of dirt tracks.

Water, water...

Holes and fractures in the concrete base of the reactor building also means that groundwater continues to seep in and become irradiated before draining into the Pacific Ocean, causing an ongoing nuclear disaster.

While part of the cause of the alleged increases in low birth weight infants and malnourished children in the general population of Jordan might ultimately be traceable to Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the evidence and information available leads the Panel to conclude that any such increases would be too remote and speculative to be considered a direct result of the invasion and occupation.

Paragraph 2 is intended to define the relationship between the draft convention and other conventions and international agreements that regulate matters other than groundwaters, but which may have some limited application in this area.

Mobility in soil is the potential of a substance or the constituents of a mixture, if released to the environment, to move under natural forces to the groundwater or to a distance from the site of release.

Give me water, water...

Water, bring me water.

Water, ather, give me water.

Four wheeled motorbikes (quadbikes) are now a common mode of transport, as all roads are unpaved.