ABSTRACT
Phenomenological laws are established from general considerations based on analysis of a large volume of data on the characteristics of the currents in the investigated process. In confined groundwaters the major role is played by elastic compression or expansion of water and the rocks, resulting in the redistribution of pressure in the layer. A study of the process of formation of gravitational capacity is important during investigations on the movement of moisture in the zone of aeration, during the prognosis of change of groundwater level under the influence of water-supply wells, various drainage constructions, irrigation and while solving problems related to contamination of groundwaters etc. Permeability and capacity of the layer as systems depend not only on the structure of the pore/fracture space of the rocks, but also on their thickness, number of layers and the character of their relation in space.
