Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Chapter 15: Groundwater What is Groundwater? How Does Groundwater Move? What are Aquifers, Wells, Springs, and Streams? What are the Causes of Groundwater Contamination? How Long Will Groundwater Last? What Features Can Groundwater Form? How do Hot Springs and Geysers Form? What is Geothermal Energy?

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at The Water Table Marks the Top of the Saturated Zone Figure 15.1a

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Perched Water Tables Above Lenses of Less Permeable Shade Within a Large Body of Sandstone Figure 15.2

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Movement of Groundwater Beneath a Sloping Water Table in Uniformly Permeable Rock Figure 15.3

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Groundwater Moves in Response to Hydraulic Head Box 15.1, Figure 1

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Groundwater Flow Box 15.1, Figure 2

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at A Well Must be Installed in an Aquifer to Obtain Water Figure 15.4

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Wells Can Obtain Some Water From Fractures in Crystalline Rock Figure 15.5

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Confined and Unconfined Aquifers Figure 15.6

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Water Table in Wet and Dry Seasons Figure 15.7

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Pumping Well Lowers the Water Table into a Cone of Depression Figure 15.8

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at The Dakota Sandstone: A Tilted and Exposed Aquifer Figure 15.9

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Formation of Springs Figure 15.12

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Gaining and Losing Streams Figure 15.13

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at The Walkerton Water Tragedy Box 15.3, Figure 1

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Waste Piled on Land Surface Creates Groundwater Mound Figure 15.15a-b

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Leachate Plume Generated by Contaminants Figure 15.15c

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Not All Contaminants Move Within the Saturated Zone Figure 15.16

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Rock Type and Distance Control Possible Sewage Contamination of Neighbouring Wells Figure 15.17

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Groundwater Pollution Problems Caused or Aggravated by Pumping Wells Figure 15.18

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Extent of Landfilling Along Toronto Harbourfront Box 15.4, Figure 1

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Historic Landfill Areas in New York City Box 15.4, Figure 3

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Legacy of Past Land Uses and Principal Contaminants at Proposed Ataratiri Residential Development Site Box 15.4, Figure 4

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Solution of Limestone to Form Caves Figure 15.20

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Karst Topography Marked by Underground Caves & Sinkholes Figure 15.23a

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Distribution of Karst Rocks in Canada Figure 15.23b

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Eruptive History of a Typical Geyser Figure 15.27

Chapter 15: Groundwater Visit the Online Learning Centre at Answers to Selected Testing Your Knowledge Questions A B A A C D B A

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