Development of groundwater sustainability indicators

Sustainable management and assessment is currently becoming more and more important all over the world in order to prevent the deterioration and scarcity of groundwater resources. In this paper, two systems of groundwater sustainability indicators are proposed for sustainable assessment and management of groundwater. These relate to safety status warnings regarding groundwater exploitation and to the bearing capacity of the groundwater environment. Each system establishes two assessment models based on four and eight indicators. These two indicator systems are demonstrated to be practical through discussion of two case studies.