The Faced Challenges of Sustainable Groundwater Use in the Quanzhou Coastal Area

In the Quanzhou coastal area, groundwater plays a necessary role in domestic use, but the groundwater use does not receive enough attention by water managers up to now. As the irrational groundwater use in the recent years, groundwater quality becomes much worse. The main problems include groundwater contamination and seawater intrusion. It should be noted that existing rich faults provide the formation for mineral spring water and heat water. Aiming at the sustainable water resources utilization, the construction of emergent groundwater sources should be implemented. Other strategies include exploiting the mineral spring water and heat water for the economic purpose, reinforcing rural drinking water safety and strengthening groundwater management.