Groundwater for emergency situations: A methodological guide

The aim of this document is to identify emergency groundwater resources bodies resistant to natural and man-made disasters that could replace damaged public and domestic drinking water supplies. This methodological guide provides a layout on groundwater risk assessment and management in areas affected by flood, drought, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis and storms. It also outlines the importance of disaster risk reduction in water governance policy as well as the governance policy framework in which groundwater as an emergency resource may be integrated into overall emergency management and service provision.