part, Recharge mechanisms and the urban water balance -- chapter 1 Urban-enhanced groundwater recharge: review and case study of Austin, Texas, USA / chapter 2 Flow and solute transport monitoring at an urban lysimeter at the Union Brewery, Ljubljana, Slovenia / chapter 3 Urban infrastructure and its impact on groundwater contamination / chapter 4 Urban groundwater problems in Cork city, southwest Ireland / part, Sewer exfiltration -- chapter 5 Impact on urban groundwater by wastewater infiltration into soils / chapter 6 Direct measurements of exfiltration in a sewer test site in a medium-sized city in southwest Germany / chapter 7 Upscaling of laboratory results on sewer leakage and the associated uncertainty / part, Assessment of contaminant impacts -- chapter 8 Groundwater flow velocities indicated by anthropogenic contaminants in urban sandstone aquifers / chapter 9 Development of a GIS model for assessing groundwater pollution from small scale petrol spills / chapter 10 Assessment of groundwater contaminant vulnerability in an urban watershed in southeast Michigan, USA / chapter 11 Xenobiotics in urban water systems – investigation and estimation of chemical fluxes / part, Urban recharge management -- chapter 12 Conjunctive use of urban surface water and groundwater for improved urban water security / chapter 13 Stormwater infiltration technologies for augmenting groundwater recharge in urban areas / chapter 14 Aspects of urban groundwater management and use in India / part, Urban aquifer management -- chapter 15 Evaluating groundwater allocation alternatives in an urban setting using a geographic information system data model and economic valuation techniques / chapter 16 Can urban groundwater problems be transformed into new water resources? / chapter 17 Hydraulic interactions between aquifers in the Viterbo area (Central Italy) -- chapter 18 Alarming rise in groundwater levels beneath the city of Jodhpur: an example of ground and surface water interaction in the Thar Desert of western India / chapter 19 Groundwater modelling to evaluate the risk of aquifer depletion due to a construction site in an urban area in Basel, Switzerland / chapter 20 Urban groundwater resources: a case study of Porto city in northwest Portugal / chapter 21 Water resources management in Taiz, Yemen: a comprehensive overview