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1 online resource (xxviii, 750 pages) : illustrations, maps
"In this book, a compilation of the state-of-the-art subjects and techniques in the education and practice of groundwater are presented. The materials are described in a systematic and integrated fashion useful for undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners"--
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Water Availability -- 1.2.1 Groundwater Availability -- 1.3 Groundwater Systems -- 1.4 Science and Engineering of Groundwater -- 1.5 Planning and Management of Groundwater -- 1.5.1 Integrated Water Resources Management -- 1.5.2 Conflict Issues in Groundwater -- 1.5.3 Economics of Water -- 1.5.4 Groundwater Sustainability -- 1.5.5 Supply and Demand Side Management -- 1.6 Tools and Techniques
1.7 People's Perception: Public Awareness -- 1.8 Groundwater Protection: Concerns and Acts -- 1.8.1 Clean Water Act -- 1.8.2 Groundwater Protection -- 1.8.3 USEPA Groundwater Rule -- 1.8.4 California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act -- 1.9 Overall Organization of This Book -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 2: Groundwater Properties -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Vertical Distribution of Subsurface Water -- 2.3 Aquifers, Aquitards, and Aquicludes -- 2.4 Types of Aquifers -- 2.4.1 Unconfined Aquifer -- 2.4.2 Confined Aquifers -- 2.4.3 Aquitard (Leaky) Aquifer -- 2.5 Groundwater Balance
2.5.1 Water Balance in Confined Aquifers -- 2.5.2 Water Balance in Unconfined Aquifers -- 2.5.3 Water Balance in Unsaturated Zone -- 2.6 Compressibility and Effective Stress -- 2.6.1 Compressibility of Water -- 2.6.2 Effective Stress -- 2.6.3 Compressibility of a Porous Medium -- 2.6.4 Effective Stress in the Unsaturated Zone -- 2.7 Aquifer Compressibility -- 2.8 Aquifer Characteristics -- 2.8.1 Porosity and Void Ratio -- 2.8.2 Specific Yield in Unconfined Aquifers -- 2.8.3 Specific Retention -- 2.8.4 Storage Coefficient and Specific Storage -- 2.8.5 Safe Yield of Aquifers
2.9 Storage in the Unsaturated Zone -- 2.10 Water-Level Fluctuations -- 2.11 Groundwater in Karst -- 2.11.1 Karst Aquifer -- 2.11.2 Types of Karst -- 2.11.3 Fluctuation of Karst Aquifer -- 2.11.4 Recharge of Karst Aquifer -- 2.11.5 Groundwater Tracing in Karst -- 2.11.6 Water Resources Problems in Karst -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 3: Groundwater Hydrology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Groundwater Movement -- 3.2.1 Darcy's Law -- 3.2.1.1 Validity of Darcy's Law -- 3.2.2 Hydraulic Head -- 3.2.3 Hydraulic Conductivity -- 3.2.3.1 Hydraulic Conductivity in Saturated Media
3.2.3.2 Hydraulic Conductivity in Unsaturated Media -- 3.2.3.3 Laboratory Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity -- 3.2.3.4 Field Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity -- 3.3 Homogeneous and Isotropic Systems -- 3.3.1 Hydraulic Conductivity in Multilayer Structures -- 3.4 Transmissivity -- 3.5 Dupuit-Forchheimer Theory of Free-Surface Flow -- 3.6 Groundwater Flow in Unsaturated Zone -- 3.7 Flownets -- 3.7.1 Isotropic and Homogeneous Media -- 3.7.2 Heterogeneous Media -- 3.7.3 Anisotropic Media -- 3.8 Statistical Methods in Groundwater Hydrology -- 3.8.1 Normal Distribution
Mohammad Karamouz, Azadeh Ahmadi, Masih Akhbari.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]