Groundwater hydrology : engineering, planning, and management

Groundwater hydrology : engineering, planning, and management / Mohammad Karamouz, Azadeh Ahmadi, Masih Akhbari.

"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"--

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Main Authors: Karamouz, Mohammad (Author), Ahmadi, Azadeh (Author), Akhbari, Masih (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Groundwater > Management.
Groundwater flow.
Groundwater flow
Groundwater > Management
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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