GROUNDWATER
WHAT IS THE CHART SHOWING?
Water table Zone of aeration Zone of saturation Water table
What will make the water table rise? u/meec/module06/Th eWaterTable.htmhttp://techalive.mtu.ed u/meec/module06/Th eWaterTable.htm What will make the water table lower?
Groundwater affects surface water
Permeability
permeability ermeability.htmhttp://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module06/P ermeability.htm
AQUIFERS Ogallala Aquifer!Needs to be below water table in a permeable layer Ogallala aquifer- ”fastest disappearing aquifer in the world”
WELLS Needs to be in an aquifer
PUMPING WELLS Creates cone of depression Lowers water table Creates a “drawdown”
Formation of a cone of depression in the water table
Cone of depression
subsidence Pumping out gw lowers the surface Surface Slowly sinks
Artesian wells Flows to the surface naturally Under pressure “sandwiched” between two impermeable layers
Flowing vs. non flowing
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION SOURCES –Septic tanks –Landfills –Fertilizers/pesticides –Underground storage tanks (gas stations)
Septic tanks
landfills
Hot springs and geysers Groundwater heated by magma reaches the surface
Steamboat, CO
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