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Overview of NAPL Contamination and Reclamation

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Soil and Aquifer Pollution

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Groundwater represents the major source of drinking water in most parts of the world. In Israel about 60% of the water supply comes from aquifers. For many years the public’s interest with regard to water needs was concerned with the availability of sufficient quantities of groundwater. In arid and semiarid regions there is an increasing need for adequate storage in which water surplus in wet seasons can be diverted for use in dry seasons. It has been shown that in most cases groundwater aquifers represent the best option for water storage. Therefore, references to groundwater resources include the quantity of groundwater as well as the capacity of the aquifers to store water.

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  1. Division of Environmental & Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel

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    J. B. Carberry

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Rubin, H., Narkis, N., Carberry, J.B. (1998). Overview of NAPL Contamination and Reclamation. In: Rubin, H., Narkis, N., Carberry, J. (eds) Soil and Aquifer Pollution. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03674-7_1

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