This work includes some important publications based on global experience dealing with the strengthening of groundwater governance provisions and practical management arrangements.
| 1997 | FOSTER S S D & Grey D R C J Chart Instn Water Envir Mgmt 11 : 193-199 | Groundwater resources – balancing perspectives on key issues affecting supply and demand. | D-1 |
| 1999 | FOSTER S S D World Bank Technical Paper 456 :15-30 | Understanding groundwater – essential concepts for regulators. | |
| 2002-10 | FOSTER S & Kemper K. GW-MATe Briefing Note Series : World Bank | Sustainable groundwater management : concepts and tools (Papers 0-16). | |
| 2002-10 | FOSTER S & Kemper K. GW-MATe Case Profile Series : World Bank | Sustainable groundwater management : lessons from practice (Papers 1-23) | |
| 2003 | FOSTER S S D & Chilton P J Phil Trans Royal Soc B 358 : 1957-1972 | Groundwater—the process and global significance of aquifer degradation. | |
| 2009 | FOSTER S, Limaye S, Mandavkar Y & Msangi S. GW-MATE Case Profile Series 22 : World Bank | A hydrogeologic and socioeconomic evaluation of community-based groundwater resource management – the case of Hivre Bazaar in Maharastra-India. | D-2 |
| 2009 | FOSTER S, Garduno H, Tuinhof A & Tovey C. GW-MATE Strategic Overview Series SO-1 : World Bank | Groundwater governance – conceptual framework for assessment of provisions and needs. | D-3 |
| 2009 | FOSTER S, Hirata R, Vidal A, Schmidt G & Garduno H. GW-MATE Briefing Note Series 9 : World Bank | The Guarani Aquifer initiative – towards realistic groundwater management in a transboundary context. | D-4 |
| 2010 | Garduno H, Steenbergen F van & FOSTER S. GW-MATE Briefing Note 6 : World Bank | Stakeholder participation in groundwater management – enabling and nurturing engagement. | D-5 |
| 2011 | FOSTER S & Steenbergen F van. Hydrogeology J 19: 959-962. | Conjunctive groundwater use – a ’lost opportunity’ for water management in the developing world ? | |
| 2012 | FOSTER S & Ait-Kadi M. Hydrogeology J 20 : 415-418. | Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): How does grondwater fit in ? | D-6 |
| 2012 | FOSTER S, Tuinhof A & Steenbergen F van. Water SA 38 : 359-366 | Managed groundwater development for water-supply security in Sub-Saharan Africa : investment priorities. | D-7 |
| 2013 | FOSTER S & Garduno H Hydrogeology J 21 : 317-320 | Groundwater resource governance : are governments and stakeholders responding to the challenge ? | |
| 2013 | FOSTER S & Tyson G GWP/ANBO Policy Brief : Global Water Partnership | Groundwater development opportunities and management responsibilities – the mission for African Basin Organisations | D-8 |
| 2015 | FOSTER S, Evans R & Escolero O Hydrogeology Journal 23 : 847-850 | The groundwater management plan – in praise of a neglected tool-of-our-trade ! | D-9 |
| 2016 | FOSTER S & Gun J van der Hydrogeology Journal 24 : 749-752 | Groundwater governance: key challenges in applying the Global Framework for Action. | D-10 |
| 2018 | FOSTER S Hydrogeology Journal 26 : 979-982 | Is UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 relevant to governing the intimate land-use / groundwater linkage. | D-11 |
| 2020 | FOSTER S & Chilton J Oxford Research Encyclopaedia – Environmental Science Oxford University Press | Sustainable management of groundwater. | |
| 2021 | FOSTER S, Hirata R & Custodio E Hydrogeology Journal 29 : 1365-1368 | Waterwells : how can we make legality more attractive ? |
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