Discharge area: The area or zone where groundwater emerges from the aquifer. The outflow maybe into a stream, lake, spring, wetland, etc.
Drawdown: A lowering of the groundwater level caused by pumping.
DISCHARGE AREA
The zone in which groundwater leaves the ground either as a spring or into a water body.
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aquifer discharge area An area of land where the zone of saturation is in direct contact with the ground surface. Discharging ground water may appear as springs, seeps, or in baseflow of streams.
Discharge Area/Zone: An area in which there is upward groundwater flow in the subsurface. Groundwater flows toward the surface in a discharge area and may escape as a spring, seep, or baseflow, or by evaporation and transpiration.
Wetlands frequently serve as recharge/discharge areas and are known as "nature's kidneys" since they help purify water.
water entering near coastal waters which has been contaminated by landfill leachate, deep well injection of hazardous wastes, septic tanks, etc. 2.The removal of water from the saturated zone is called groundwater discharge. The discharge area is ...
 See also: Monitoring, Site, Discharge, Concentration, Well
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