Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The scope of this book remains the same in presenting the study of hydrogeology and the significance of groundwater in the terrestrial aquatic environment. This new edition reflects developments in hydrogeology since publication of the second edition in 2014 and aims to capture contemporary topics linking groundwater resources to global challenges such as climate change, energy resources and groundwater depletion embedded in global crop production and trade. Advances in the availability of digital data and techniques for modelling global-scale datasets have revealed the current state of groundwater resources worldwide, only further emphasising the societal importance of groundwater as a natural resource. This third edition continues to be aimed at both students and practitioners in hydrogeology and related subjects. As in the previous two editions, this edition includes a set of exercises in Appendix 10, together with some new numerical problems, to assist students in gaining practice in problem solving in hydrogeology"--