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... 57 KB (7,498 words) - 10:01, 15 April 2024 |
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... 35 KB (4,264 words) - 01:16, 29 March 2024 |
Groundwater pollution (also called groundwater contamination) occurs when pollutants are released to the ground and make their way into groundwater. This... 83 KB (9,406 words) - 03:24, 24 April 2024 |
Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. Recharge... 18 KB (2,469 words) - 07:56, 28 April 2024 |
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,... 61 KB (8,028 words) - 18:19, 21 April 2024 |
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... 31 KB (6,264 words) - 22:16, 25 April 2024 |
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... 9 KB (1,042 words) - 08:52, 27 March 2024 |
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... 2 KB (209 words) - 10:44, 26 February 2024 |
Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems (or GDEs) are ecosystems that rely upon groundwater for their continued existence. Groundwater is water that has seeped... 11 KB (1,278 words) - 07:39, 21 August 2023 |
Groundwater models are computer models of groundwater flow systems, and are used by hydrologists and hydrogeologists. Groundwater models are used to simulate... 17 KB (2,023 words) - 03:59, 2 January 2024 |
Groundwater remediation is the process that is used to treat polluted groundwater by removing the pollutants or converting them into harmless products... 17 KB (2,078 words) - 18:09, 22 September 2023 |
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... 6 KB (843 words) - 06:57, 30 December 2023 |
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... 47 KB (6,054 words) - 23:30, 27 April 2024 |
Groundwater banking is a water management mechanism designed to increase water supply reliability. Groundwater can be created by using dewatered aquifer... 18 KB (2,549 words) - 03:36, 31 August 2023 |
through unconfined aquifers to the groundwater network It proved to be particularly challenging because groundwater basins, especially deep-laying aquifers... 27 KB (3,459 words) - 05:49, 28 February 2024 |
Groundwater discharge is the volumetric flow rate of groundwater through an aquifer. Total groundwater discharge, as reported through a specified area... 3 KB (387 words) - 11:49, 24 February 2022 |
Groundwater in Nigeria is widely used for domestic, agricultural, and industrial supplies. The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation... 14 KB (1,876 words) - 08:23, 3 January 2023 |
Groundwater-related subsidence is the subsidence (or the sinking) of land resulting from unsustainable groundwater extraction. It is a growing problem... 7 KB (824 words) - 06:07, 12 January 2024 |
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... 10 KB (1,141 words) - 02:35, 24 March 2024 |
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... 7 KB (647 words) - 09:08, 30 August 2023 |
in hydrogeology, the groundwater flow equation is the mathematical relationship which is used to describe the flow of groundwater through an aquifer. The... 13 KB (1,927 words) - 18:07, 22 September 2023 |
Water distribution on Earth (section Groundwater) surrounding land. In all, water from oceans and marginal seas, saline groundwater and water from saline closed lakes amount to over 97% of the water on... 32 KB (2,849 words) - 06:30, 2 April 2024 |
GMS (software) (redirect from Department of Defense Groundwater Modeling System) GMS (Groundwater Modeling System) is water modeling application for building and simulating groundwater models from Aquaveo. It features 2D and 3D geostatistics... 13 KB (717 words) - 08:56, 6 April 2024 |
Lens (hydrology) (redirect from Lens (groundwater)) freshwater lens or Ghyben-Herzberg lens, is a convex-shaped layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater and is usually found on small... 7 KB (1,014 words) - 09:03, 19 October 2023 |
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... 22 KB (2,494 words) - 22:13, 25 April 2024 |
Groundwater pollution, also referred to as groundwater contamination, is not as easily classified as surface water pollution. Groundwater aquifers are... 9 KB (954 words) - 03:56, 3 December 2023 |
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... 38 KB (4,316 words) - 16:59, 7 March 2024 |