Ground Watta
So what is ground water.....?
Groundwater Animation
What is groundwater?
Groundwater is water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock. When water soaks through the ground it becomes groundwater-infiltration porosity. Porosity is the amount of water between soil particles.
Porosity vs. Permeability
The porosity of the soil is the percent of the soil that is air space. Porosity affects the amount of water a particular rock type can hold and depends on a couple of different factors. The ability of the ground water to pass through the pore spaces in the rock is permeability. Porosity and permeability usually go hand-in-hand. Permeability is affected mostly by the size and arrangement of the grains in the soil.
Unconfined Aquifer
Confined Aquifer
Effects of depleting the water table!!!!!
When we deplete our water tables we create a ton of problems consisting of but not limited to the following;
Lowering of the Water Table
Increased Costs
Reduced Surface Water Supplies
Land Subsidence
Water Quality Concerns
The top ways we pollute our water
- Acid rain
- non-point sources
- oil industry
- heat
Acid Rain Pollution
Non point source pollution
Oil industry pollution
Heat pollution
Deforestation
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