where people would gather and dwell, groundwater constitutes about 98 percent of the fresh water on our planet (excepting …. Groundwater resources in and around the urban centers of the developing world are exceptionally important as a source of … widespread indications of degradation in the quality and quantity of groundwater, serious or incipient, caused by excessive …

further advances in plant genetics. Groundwater widely developed by private initiative but often stimulated by 'soft loan … time groundwater will continue to be the predominant source of household water for the rural population in developing …