FengyueSun, Yuanyuan Li, LiliYu, et al.
General Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Planning and Design, Ministry of Water Resources
Objectives of the study
China has avast territory with its natural conditions of ground water varying greatly from place to place. In order to scientifically and rationally manage ground water according to the different characteristics in each region, this research tries to identify the dominant function of ground water at the regional level, and classify the ground water functional zones. Based on ananalysis of the current state of ground water exploitation and future development needs, an overall ground water management framework, along with control indicators of ground water exploit at ion and water table, have been formulated for each functional zone accordingly. This paper is the summary of concerns arising from the definition, classification method, status evaluation and management measures of groundwater function zoning, based on the work of national groundwater function zoning in China from 2005 to 2013.