5. A Systematic Review on Groundwater Management: Opportunities and Challenges

In both urban and rural settings, groundwater supports various aquatic habitats and plays a critical role in the economic growth and human well-being. Therefore, if properly assessed and sustainably used, groundwater has considerable importance to the development and well-being of people in underdeveloped nations. Although groundwater resource development potential is still discussed in the literature, there is still a lack of quantitative knowledge about these problems. The chapters goal is to draw attention to the key groundwater concerns and difficulties that developing nations face, as well as the existing and foreseeable potential for sustainable subterranean water governance. The purpose can be consummate through reviewing current groundwater resource information as well as current and upcoming groundwater management programs and efforts. Due to increased demand to fulfill human and agricultural requirements, groundwater resources in developing countries are increasingly at risk of contamination from urban spaces, manufacturing firms, farmlands, and excavation operations, as well as from inadequate hygiene standards and overexploitation. This paper will look at the importance of groundwater importance, groundwater challenges in developing countries, and a systematic review of drought management policy. Therefore, it is necessary to implement methods to corroborate with sustainable management and flourishment of groundwater reserves. These include developing groundwater monitoring systems, comprehending the connections between groundwater aquatic ecosystems, managing transboundary aquifers, addressing the repercussions of climate alterations on underground water, and determining how accelerated expulsion of subsoil waters will affect its retaining capacity.