Groundwater Overexploitation in the North China Plain : : a Path to Sustainability.

• Superior document: Springer Water Series
• Author: Kinzelbach, Wolfgang.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wang, Haijing.; Li, Yu.; Wang, Lu.; Li, Ning.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Springer Water Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (171 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Abbreviations and Units
• Abbreviations
• Units
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Groundwater Over-Pumping and Consequences
• 1.2 What Does Sustainable Groundwater Use Mean?
• 1.3 Role of Irrigation in Over-Pumping in NCP
• 1.4 Requirements for Sustainability in NCP and Guantao as an Example
• References
• 2 Policy Options of Over-Pumping Control in the NCP
• 2.1 China's Groundwater Policies in Recent years
• 2.1.1 Permit Policy for Well Drilling
• 2.1.2 Well-Spacing Policy
• 2.1.3 Quota Management
• 2.1.4 Water Resources Fee and Tax
• 2.1.5 Irrigation Water Price Policy
• 2.1.6 Water Rights System and Water Markets
• 2.1.7 National Policy Focus: NCP's Groundwater Over-Pumping
• 2.2 Groundwater Over-Pumping Control Measures in Hebei Province
• 2.2.1 Seasonal Land Fallowing
• 2.2.2 Substitution of Non-food Crops for Grain Crops
• 2.2.3 Replacing Groundwater by Surface Water
• 2.2.4 Buy-Back of Water Rights
• 2.2.5 "Increase Price and Provide Subsidy"
• 2.2.6 Tiered Scheme of Water Fees
• 2.2.7 Import of Surface Water Versus Water Saving and Change of Cropping Structure
• 2.3 Governance Structure in the Water Sector
• 2.3.1 Governmental Stakeholders in Water Sector
• 2.3.2 Stakeholders in the Electricity Sector Related to Irrigation
• 2.3.3 Stakeholders in the Water Sector of Guantao County
• References
• 3 Cropping Choices and Farmers' Options
• 3.1 Options of Optimizing Crop Structure in Hebei-Beijing-Tianjin Region
• 3.1.1 Introduction
• 3.1.2 Optimization Scenarios
• 3.1.3 Scenario Analysis of Planting Structure Optimization
• 3.1.4 Conclusion and Discussion
• 3.2 Farmers' Feedback in a Household Survey on Seasonal Land Fallowing
• 3.2.1 Effects of Seasonal Land Fallowing
• 3.2.2 Challenges of Implementing SLFP.
• 3.3 Farmers' Reaction to Policy Assessed Through a Groundwater Game
• 3.3.1 Introduction
• 3.3.2 Data and Materials
• 3.3.3 Results
• 3.3.4 Discussion and Conclusions
• References
• 4 Decision Support for Local Water Authorities in Guantao
• 4.1 Hydrogeological Basis: Shallow Versus Deep Groundwater
• 4.1.1 Borehole Locations
• 4.1.2 Borehole Logs and Pumping Tests
• 4.1.3 The Distribution of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
• 4.2 Monitoring Options
• 4.2.1 Groundwater Level Monitoring (Contributed by CIGEM and GIWP)
• 4.2.2 Groundwater Pumping Monitoring
• 4.2.3 Pumping Electricity Monitoring
• 4.2.4 Land Use Monitoring
• 4.3 Modeling for Decision Support
• 4.3.1 Box Model
• 4.3.2 Distributed Groundwater Model for Guantao
• 4.3.3 Real-Time Groundwater Model
• 4.3.4 Data Driven Groundwater Model
• 4.4 An Integrated Decision Support System (DSS)
• 4.4.1 Motivation
• 4.4.2 Key components
• 4.4.3 Architecture of the GTDSS
• References
• 5 Way Forward
• 5.1 Recommendations for Guantao
• 5.2 Agriculture and Future Groundwater Management in the NCP
• 5.2.1 Transition from Smallholder Agriculture to Larger Farms
• 5.2.2 Consumer Behavior and Food Demand
• 5.3 Drought Resistant and High Yield Wheat Varieties
• 5.4 Importing Surface Water: Benefit and Risk
• 5.5 Climate Change in the NCP
• References
• Final Remarks
• Appendices: Technical Guides and Manuals of Tools.