Tracing environmental forcing on groundwater recharge

日益增加的水资源人口压力，再加上气候压力，危及世界各地淡水资源的数量、质量和分布。地方当局需要具备在各种土地利用和气候条件下测量、模拟和预测地下水补给的能力，以实现可持续的资源管理。地下水现在是人类生活用水的重要来源，提供了世界上近一半的饮用水，魁北克省高达80%的农村人口，以及大约43%的灌溉用水。

The increasing demographic pressure on water resources, complicated by climatic stress, endangers the quantity, quality and distribution of freshwater resources around the world. Ability to measure, model and predict groundwater recharge under various land uses and climate conditions, is required for sustainable resource management by local authorities. Groundwater is now a significant source of water for human consumption, supplying nearly half of all drinking water in the world, up to 80% of the rural population in the province of Quebec, and around 43% of water consumed by irrigation.