Definition: Groundwater available for annual abstraction

Category: Environment

Recharge less the long term annual average rate of flow required to achieve ecological quality objectives for associated surface water. It takes  account of the ecological restrictions imposed to groundwater exploitability, nevertheless other restrictions based on economic and technical criteria could also be taken into account in terms of accessibility, productivity and maximum production cost deemed acceptable by developers. The theoretical maximum of groundwater available is the recharge.
Source:
OECD/Eurostat Joint Questionnaire - Inland Waters
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