Dear Paul,  I am pleased to ...

Dear Paul,

I am pleased to know your interest in writing a book on groundwater resources.

All countries are confronted with water scarcity of varying types. The daunting biggest challenge for the authorities is in protecting groundwater from depletion and pollution, and making sound managing decisions on complex issues/activities that may affect water supply at local and basin scale. For short-term situation management when water supplies are affected, the managers usually adopt approaches, which involve eliminating immediate, unacceptable impacts on human and the environment, groundwater-use restrictions, regulation, balancing time and resources. However, these may require more research, time, regulations, funding, technology, etc., and as well as may be expensive/complex.

In this context, I have pleasure to inform you that with my over four decades of experience and extensive field investigations on hydrological studies on groundwater covering fourteen river basins in India, I have authored a book  'BETTER GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE ONLY CAN ENSURE SUSTAINED WATER SUPPLY', published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. 

This book identifies the issues that affect water supply; and makes scientific endeavors to improve all stakeholders’ awareness and understanding of real groundwater problems, and suggests governance approaches by relevant policies, with strong peoples’ participation efforts by behavioral change. In addition to need for better governance of groundwater, the book also discuses in detail and also highlights groundwater geo-ethical issues and dimensions in practical reality and the need of change in mental attitude and behavior in all the stakeholders. The analysis may be especially useful to professionals, academics, researchers, students in water governance and communication for implementing groundwater resources protection strategies, and long-term solutions to ensure sustained water supply for public benefit.

This book may be useful to your endeavor. It would be worthwhile to keep a few copies of the book in the library of your organizations, institutes, and agencies, or in your personal library.The price of the book is set at 32.90 Euro /copy. You may find the book available on the publisher’s general partner bookstore on the link given below:

https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/better-groundwater-governance-only-can-ensure-sustained-water-supply/isbn/978-3-330-32219-6

The Editor of the LAP has informed me that they may offer free shipping to several countries. Also, if you, or if someone from your circle will be interested in larger orders, they will do their best possible to offer a lower price and a higher discount.

To get discounts and free shipping, or those who are interested to purchase printed copies please contact Andrei Fotescu at the e-mail:a.fotescu@lap-publishing.com

I shall appreciate receiving your views on my book, and if you could please give wide publicity to the book.

My e-mail: psdatta1950@gmail.com

Best wishes and regards

Prof. P. S. Datta

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Prof. Partha Sarathi Datta (M.Sc., Ph. D., IIT Kanpur)

Experienced Adviser and Consultant on Water and Environment; Vice-President (IAPG-INDIA)

(Former Director, NRL, IARI), New Delhi, India

Author of 'BETTER GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE ONLY CAN ENSURE SUSTAINED WATER SUPPLY', LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-3-330-32219-6.

Available on Website: https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/details//store/gb/book/978-3-330-32219-6/better-groundwater-governance-only-can-ensure-sustained-water-supply

My Forthcoming Book Titles:

1. 'Sustainable Use of Natural Resources' (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK).
2. ‘Rainwater Harvesting for Groundwater Management’ (Wiley, Oxford, UK).

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