ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a few of the techniques for developing and managing ground water resources and presents practical applications and examples from field experiences. Technological advances have enabled ground water at great depths to be utilized. These advances include new methods for investigating ground water, new drilling techniques for water-well construction, and new pumps for lifting water. The concept of ground water basin management presupposes that a ground water reservoir will be controlled in terms of inputs and outputs of water. An important new tool for analysis of ground water basin management is the electronic analog computer. This instrument has recently been put to work in studies of large, complex, ground water basins. Development and application of techniques suggested by this computer can materially assist water resource managers in preventing ground water basin exhaustion and in providing for the most beneficial pattern of extraction of ground water. The preparation of hydrogeologic maps is greatly facilitated from aerial photographs.
