Potentiometric Surface: An imaginary surface formed by measuring the level to which water will rise in wells of a particular aquifer.
Potentiometric surface: The surface to which water in an aquifer can rise by hydrostatic pressure.
POU-treatment: Point-Of-Use treatment. Water treatment at a limited number of outlets in a building, for less than the whole building.
Potentiometric surface: The potential level to which water will rise above the water level in an aquifer in a well that penetrates a confined aquifer; if the potential level is higher than the land surface, the well will overflow.
potentiometric surface A surface that represents the total head of groundwater in a confined aquifer that is defined by the level to which water will rise in a well.
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potentiometric surface. The level to which water will rise in cased wells or other cased excavations into aquifers, measured as feet above mean sea level.
potable water. Water that is safe and satisfactory for drinking and cooking.
Cone of depression (or "influence") is the draw down of the water table or potentiometric surface that happens when a well is pumped.
cone of depression : The area around a discharging well where the hydraulic head (potentiometric surface) in the aquifer has been lowered by pumping.
buildup The vertical distance the water table or potentiometric surface is raised, or the increase of the pressure head due to the addition of water.
bulk density The mass of dry matter including air space per unit volume of material.
A conelike depression of the water table (or of a potentiometric surface of a confined aquifer) that is created in the vicinity of a well by pumping. The surface area included in the cone is known as the area of influence of the well.
potentiometric surface The level to which water will rise in a well that penetrates an aquifer. In an unconfined aquifer, it is equivalent to the water table. ppm See parts per million.
 See also: Water, Table, Characteristic, Concentration, Site
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