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Groundwater

Groundwater. http://www.cleanoceanaction.org/. Aquifer Terminology. Potentiometric Surface – the level to which water from a confined aquifer will rise if given the chance (e.g., by drilling a well through the confining layer). http://www.adtdl.army.mil/. well 1. well 2. stream or lake.

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Groundwater

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  1. Groundwater

  2. http://www.cleanoceanaction.org/

  3. Aquifer Terminology Potentiometric Surface – the level to which water from a confined aquifer will rise if given the chance (e.g., by drilling a well through the confining layer). http://www.adtdl.army.mil/

  4. well 1 well 2 stream or lake underwater storage tank Groundwater Model unconfined aquifer aquicude confined aquifer

  5. Water Table and Potentiometric Surface unconfined aquifer aquicude confined aquifer Water table - in unconfined aquifer, the border between the saturated and unsaturated zones Potentiometric Surface - level to which water from a confined aquifer will rise if given a chance. Determined by pressure in confined aquifer.

  6. Water Table and Potentiometric Surface Both the surfaces are dynamic, changing with the amount of water flow through the system

  7. Water Table and Potentiometric Surface Both the surfaces are dynamic, changing with the amount of water flow through the system

  8. contaminant in underground tank Groundwater Contamination Contaminant - any material that can be moved through groundwater

  9. Groundwater Contamination In groundwater with no flow, the contaminant will move through water by diffusion (from high concentration to low concentration)

  10. Groundwater Contamination In more realistic model (e.g., in which water flows out at stream) the contaminant will flow with the water, making a pollution plume.

  11. cone of depression Groundwater Contamination Well 1 Pumping of Well 1 results in a cone of depression in water table, and thus the pumping of the contaminant up the well.

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