Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all...
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Aquifer (redirect from Unconfined groundwater)
transboundary aquifer. Groundwater from aquifers can be sustainably harvested by humans through the use of qanats leading to a well. This groundwater is a major source...
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Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater. This...
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Hydrogeology (redirect from Groundwater hydrology)
distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust (commonly in aquifers). The terms groundwater hydrology, geohydrology,...
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Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. Recharge...
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Water table (redirect from Groundwater table)
materials that are saturated with groundwater in a given vicinity. The groundwater may be from precipitation or from groundwater flowing into the aquifer. In...
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Water resources (redirect from Groundwater resources)
renewable resource. However, the world's supply of groundwater is steadily decreasing. Groundwater depletion (or overdrafting) is occurring for example...
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Groundwater in Nigeria is widely used for domestic, agricultural, and industrial supplies. The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation...
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Groundwater remediation is the process that is used to treat polluted groundwater by removing the pollutants or converting them into harmless products...
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Groundwater models are computer models of groundwater flow systems, and are used by hydrologists and hydrogeologists. Groundwater models are used to simulate...
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In hydrogeology, groundwater flow is defined as the "part of streamflow that has infiltrated the ground, entered the phreatic zone, and has been (or is...
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Well (redirect from Groundwater well)
The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn up by a pump, or using...
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Groundwater discharge is the volumetric flow rate of groundwater through an aquifer. Total groundwater discharge, as reported through a specified area...
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Fossil water (redirect from Fossil groundwater)
water, fossil groundwater, or paleowater is an ancient body of water that has been contained in some undisturbed space, typically groundwater in an aquifer...
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Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems (or GDEs) are ecosystems that rely upon groundwater for their continued existence. Groundwater is water that has seeped...
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Water extraction (redirect from Groundwater abstraction)
removed. The over-extraction of water can lead to dry rivers or declining groundwater levels. The science of hydrogeology is used to determine safe water extraction...
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through unconfined aquifers to the groundwater network It proved to be particularly challenging because groundwater basins, especially deep-laying aquifers...
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issues which threaten these resources, including groundwater metal contamination, increased groundwater salinity, cyclones and flooding, and sedimentation...
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Groundwater-related subsidence is the subsidence (or the sinking) of land resulting from unsustainable groundwater extraction. It is a growing problem...
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Overdrafting (redirect from Groundwater depletion)
Overdrafting is the process of extracting groundwater beyond the equilibrium yield of an aquifer. Groundwater is one of the largest sources of fresh water...
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Groundwater banking is a water management mechanism designed to increase water supply reliability. Groundwater can be created by using dewatered aquifer...
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in hydrogeology, the groundwater flow equation is the mathematical relationship which is used to describe the flow of groundwater through an aquifer. The...
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Groundwater sapping is a geomorphic erosion process that results in the headward migration of channels in response to near constant fluid discharge at...
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Ogallala Aquifer (section Groundwater recharge)
pivot irrigation and to the adaptation of automotive engines to power groundwater wells. Today about 27% of the irrigated land in the entire United States...
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Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a form of groundwater pollution which is often due to naturally occurring high concentrations of arsenic in deeper...
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Subsidence (section Groundwater-related subsidence)
lead to subsidence include dissolution of underlying carbonate rock by groundwater; gradual compaction of sediments; withdrawal of fluid lava from beneath...
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had a planet-wide groundwater system and several prominent features on the planet have been produced by the action of groundwater. When water rose to...
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Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh (redirect from Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh)
and quantity problems (such as salinity, groundwater depletion and natural arsenic contamination of groundwater) along with regular natural disasters, such...
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Dry well (redirect from Groundwater recharge well)
surface runoff and stormwater, in some cases greywater or water used in a groundwater heat pump. It is a gravity-fed, vertical underground system that can...
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life if quantities are larger than needed. Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a problem that affects millions of people across the world. The United...
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