ABSTRACT
Pollution of ground water can result from many activities, including leaching from municipal and chemical landfills and abandoned dump sites, accidental spills of chemicals or waste materials, improper underground injection of liquid wastes, and placement of septic tank systems in hydrologically and geologically unsuitable locations. Incidents of aquifer pollution from man’s waste disposal activities have been discovered with increasing regularity. The viewpoint is changing as a result of increasing needs for ground water utilization and the development of appropriate methodologies for ground water pollution control. Methodologies for ground water pollution control can also be considered in terms of the goals of abatement and restoration. Aquifer restoration as a goal refers to the restoration of water quality to its normal quality, usually by removing both the source of pollution and renovating the polluted ground water. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.
