ABSTRACT

Presented in a style intended for the non-specialist reader, with technical terms and mathematical formulae kept to a minimum, the second edition of this introduction to groundwater covers a range of topics as they relate to hydrogeology. A major new chapter focuses on pollution.

chapter 1|2 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

Water underground

chapter 3|7 pages

Water in circulation

chapter 4|10 pages

Caverns and capillaries

chapter 5|9 pages

Soil water

chapter 6|31 pages

Groundwater in motion

chapter 7|28 pages

More about aquifers

chapter 8|28 pages

Springs and rivers, deserts and droughts

chapter 9|18 pages

Water wells

chapter 10|28 pages

Measurements and models

chapter 11|33 pages

Water quality

chapter 12|21 pages

Groundwater: friend or foe?

chapter 13|41 pages

What goes down must come up

chapter 14|3 pages

Epilogue