Groundwater
Groundwater is water that comes from rain, snow, sleet and hail that soak into the ground and is accumulated in lower layers of soil that act as a sponge that hold the water.
Groundwater: Water found in the spaces between soil particles and cracks in rocks underground (located in the saturation zone). Groundwater is a natural resource that is used for drinking, recreation, industry, and growing crops.
Groundwater: Water found under the ground, in aquifers and between soil particles.
Groundwater Recharge: Water that moves below the root zone as "deep percolation" and eventually joins the groundwater.
Groundwater hydrology: The branch of hydrology that deals with groundwater; its occurrence and movements, its replenishment and depletion, the properties of rocks that control groundwater movement and storage, ...
groundwater - water below the earth's surface; the source of water for wells and springs.
growth overfishing - the process of catching fish before they are fully grown resulting in a decrease in the average size of the fish population.
Groundwater barrier: Rock or artificial material with a relatively low permeability that occurs (or is placed) below ground surface, ...
groundwater: Groundwater is the water that flows underground filling soil and flowing out into springs and aquifers.
herbivores:Herbivores are plant-eating animals.
Groundwater
Water located beneath the Earth's surface.
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Groundwater
The supply of fresh or saline water found beneath the Earth's surface, usually in aquifers, often supplying wells and springs.
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GROUNDWATER: Water found below the surface of the Earth.
HYDROLOGIC CYCLE: The movement of water as it evaporates from rivers, lakes or oceans, returns to the earth as precipitation, flows into rivers and evaporates again.
Groundwater basin. A groundwater reservoir defined by all the overlying land surface and the underlying aquifers that contain water stored in the reservoir.
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Water that is passing through or standing in the soil and the underlying strata. It is free to move by gravity. See also water table.
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Groundwater: The supply of fresh water found beneath the earth's surface (usually in aquifers) which is often accessed through wells and springs.
Groundwater Water that can be found in the saturated zone of the soil; a zone that consists merely of water. It slowly moves from places with high elevation and pressure to places with low elevation and pressure, such as rivers and lakes.
Groundwater - Water that is contained within the ground of the Earth, such as in soil moisture or dew from plants. It makes up about 20 percent of the world's fresh water supply, and is highly subject to pollution.
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Groundwater
Water beneath the earth's surface in the spaces between soil particles and between rock surfaces [compare with surface water].
Groundwater
Water beneath the earth's surface that flows through soil and rock openings, aquifers, and often serves as a primary source of drinking water.
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Groundwater discharge
Ground water entering coastal waters, which has been contaminated by land-fill leachates, deep well injection of hazardous wastes and septic tanks.
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Definition (english only)
The process by which external water is added to the zone of saturation of an aquifer, either directly into a formation or indirectly by way of another formation.
Deep groundwater: The water emerging from some deep groundwaters may have fallen as rain many decades or even hundreds of years ago.
Groundwater Water which is contained in geologic strata. Also properly written as two words, ground water.
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HAPs Hazardous air pollutants.
Groundwater Under the Direct Influence (UDI) of Surface Water
Any water beneath the surface of the ground with: 1. significant occurence of insects or other microorganisms, algae, or large-diameter pathogens; 2.
groundwater (excluding Sandpoint wells).
watershed. The land area that drains into a stream. An area
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Ambient Groundwater Flow: The rate of flow and direction of flow of groundwater under unpumped, natural conditions.
Amplitude: The maximum departure of a wave from the average value.
Anaerobic: In the absence of oxygen.
spring Groundwater seeping out of the earth where the water table intersects the ground surface.
spring line Theoretical center of a pipeline. Also, the guideline for laying a course of bricks.
confined groundwater Groundwater held under an aquiclude or an aquifuge, if the pressure is positive it is called artesian.
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The level of groundwater.
Water Treatment Lagoon
An impound for liquid wastes designed to accomplish some degree of biochemical treatment.
A sub-surface groundwater collection system, typically shallow in depth, ...
are thermal (temperatures of the surface air, water, land, and ice), kinetic (wind and ocean currents, together with associated vertical motions and the motions of air masses, aqueous humidity, cloudiness and cloud water content, groundwater, ...
Leaching As water moves through soils or landfills, chemicals in the soil may dissolve in the water thereby contaminating the groundwater. This is called leaching.
Storm water, surface water, and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewater treatment plant. The term -sewage usually refers to household wastes, but this word is being replaced by the term -wastewater.
spreading basin, spreading grounds A man-made basin or series of basins designed to retain water for the purpose of recharging groundwater supplies.
base flow is water input into a stream channel provided exclusively by natural groundwater recharge, swamps, or other sources of natural storage. It excludes any type of precipitation or surface runoff.
PIGS- Pesticides in Groundwater Strategy
PIMS- Pesticide Incident Monitoring System
PIN- Pesticide Information Network
PIN- Procurement Information Notice
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Recharge (Hydrologic) - (1) The downward movement of water through soil to groundwater. (2) The process by which water is added to the Zone of Saturation. (3) The introduction of surface or ground water to groundwater storage such as an aquifer.
Coca-Cola Charged with Groundwater Depletion and Pollution in India
Groundwater depletion has become a serious problem in India, and villagers blame Coca-Cola for aggravating the groundwater problem.
sentinel well : A groundwater monitoring well situated between a sensitive receptor downgradient and the source of a contaminant plume upgradient.
A well used to obtain water quality samples or measure groundwater levels. 2.
Controlled waters are rivers, streams, estuaries, canals, lakes, ponds, ditches and groundwater as far out as the UK territorial limit. Most legislation relating to discharges of effluent (other than to sewer) applies to controlled waters.
The oil drains down through the soil and contaminates both the soil and the groundwater.
A permeable geologic formation capable of storing and yielding groundwater to wells and springs.
AS-BUILT
Drawing or certification of conditions as they were actually constructed.
Chromium
a toxic heavy metal that may contaminate groundwater; stringent environmental discharge limits apply ...
Radon: A colorless, odorless gas that occurs naturally in almost all soil and rock. Radon migrates through the soil and groundwater and can enter buildings through cracks or other openings in the foundation. Radon can also enter well water.
remediation
Giving a remedy.
Removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment.
Since carbon disulfide does not adhere well to sediments, if it comes into contact with soil, it could percolate into groundwater, where it is very soluble.
Algae: Chiefly aquatic, eucaryotic one-celled or multicellular plants without true stems, roots and leaves, which are typically autotrophic, photosynthetic, and contain chlorophyll. Algae are not typically found in groundwater.
Release: Any spilling, overfilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching or disposing from a UST into groundwater, surface water or subsurface soils.
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