Groundwater Hydrology

Groundwater Hydrology#

Aquifers#

  • Store water (water bearing formations)

  • Transmit water (in economically useful quantities)

  • Confined

  • Unconfined

Material Properties#

  • Porosity

  • Storativity

  • Transmissivity, permeability, hydraulic conductivity

Equation(s) of Motion#

  • Darcy’s Law

Go through slides 1-15 below:

  1. Cleveland, T. G. (2017) Engineering Hydrology Notes (Groundwater - I) to accompany CE-3354, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Whitacre College of Engineering.

References#

  1. Gupta pp. 127-132

  2. Groundwater - Excerpt from Viessman

  3. Groundwater - Excerpt from Ferris

  4. Basic Groundwater Hydrology - USGS WSP 2020

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