GUIDE FOR GROUND WATER (CHAPTER 13)

1. WHAT IS THE BIG IMPORTANCE OF THE GROUND WATER?

2. SOURCE OF GROUND WATER, PERCENTAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT BECOMES GROUND WATER.

3. POROSITY DETAILED DESCRIPTION COMPARISON WITH PERMEABILITY

4.TERMINOLOGY: AQUIFER, AQUICLUDE, AQUITARD, WATERTABLE, ZONE OF AREATION, ZONE OF SATURATION, CAPILLARY FRINGE, PERCHED WATER TABLE, RECHARGE, DISCHARGE

5. DARCY’S HYDRAULIC GRADIENT, EQUATION, AND EXPLANATION

6. EFFLUENT, INFLUENT STREAM

7. NATURAL DISCHARGE (SPRING). WHERE IS IT FORMING, WHAT DID ANCIENT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF SPRINGS?

8. ARTIFICIAL DISCHARGE (WATER WELLS, CONE OF DEPRESSION)

9. ARTESIAN SYSTEMS (GEOLOGIC FACTORS NEEDED FOR ACTIVE ARTESIAN SYSTEMS). BE ABLE TO DRAW A DETAILED PICTURE OF AN ARTESIAN SYSTEM, WITH LABELS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW WATER PRESSURE SURFACE. UNDERSTAND, WHY THERE ARE FLOWING, VS. NON FLOWING ARTESIAN WELLS.

UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THE SAME ROLE IN ARTIFICIAL ARTESIAN SYSTEMS IN TOWNS (DRAW).

10. GEYSERS. HOW DO THEY WORK, BE ABLE THE WRITE THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS. EXAMPLES!!!!

11. KARST SYSTEM, NECESSARY CLIMATE; SINKHOLES; HOW DO THEY FORM? KARST TOPOGRAPHY; DISAPPEARING STREAMS; CAVE FORMING;

CAVE DEPOSITS (STALACTITE, SODA STRAWS, STALAGMITE, COLUMN, TRAVERTINE TERRACE

12. FINDING GROUND WATER

13. LOWERING WATER TABLE

14. SALT WATER INCURSION

15. SUBSIDENCE

16. GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION