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:

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¶

Gupta pp. 127-132
Groundwater - Excerpt from Viessman
Groundwater - Excerpt from Ferris
Basic Groundwater Hydrology - USGS WSP 2020

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