PPT-Finding groundwater flow

and transport pathways with pattern recognition algorithms Ryan Shaver Where is groundwater Heath RC 1984 Groundwater regions of the United States USGS WSP 2242 p 22. Use of brackish groundwater could supplement or in some places replace the use of freshwater sources and enhance our Nations water security However a better understanding of the location and charac ter of brackish groundwater is needed to expand dev Hydraulic Head. Bernoulli’s Equation. Hydrostatic Pressure. Hydraulic Head. Bernoulli’s Equation. Hydrostatic Pressure. Hydraulic Head. Total Hydraulic Head (drop velocity – why?). . Or. Much of the global H. 2. O, resides below the surface of the Earth in what geologists refer to as . groundwater. . . Although in the subsurface, it has a large impact on society and the features that we see on the surface of the Earth.. Makes up 23% of Earth’s freshwater.. 12% Shallow (we can reach). 11% Deep (out of our reach). Underground Layers. When precipitation occurs, water often seeps down into the soil and trickles down in between particles of soil and through cracks and spaces in layers of rock. . Chapter 9, Section 2. The Hydrologic Cycle (WATER CYCLE). . Evaporation. Condensation. Precipitation. Runoff. Soil is made up of many small rock and . mineral. fragments.. Holes, . cracks. ,. and crevices exist in the rock underlying the soil.. LA’s Water Resources. You may be familiar with Spring water… . Aquifer:. A water-bearing. rock. that readily transmits water to wells and springs . Water Bearing Rock??. Let’s investigate!. notes. and. purge techniques. Acquiring . a . representative sample. Your Resources:. ISO Standards (5667). GNS National Protocol. What are we trying to achieve?. 3. Why is this so important?. A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE!. Tom M. Marston, U. S. Geological Survey. In cooperation with the . Utah Division of Water Rights. Parowan Valley. Approx. 160 mi. 2. Structural depression between Hurricane fault and the Red Hills. Closed surface-water basin (aside from Winn Gap). sandstone and . Rogersville shale play area, eastern Kentucky. Kentucky . Geological Survey, University of . Kentucky. GSI . Environmental Inc., . Austin. , . TX. Possible Contamination Pathways of Hydraulic Fracturing to Groundwater Aquifers . Water Education Foundation SGMA Tour. October 6, 2016. Overview of Legislation. Recognizes the value of . l. ocal management of water resources. Requires the development . of Groundwater Sustainability . Delphi . Corporation, . Wyoming. , . Michigan. Dr. Peter E. Riemersma. Department of Geology. Grand Valley State University. Allendale, Michigan. Geohydrology (Geo 440), 3 credit, . no lab, elective. saturates . pore spaces of . bedrock.. The rate of movement of groundwater is gravity driven, varying between 0.6 inches per day (in sandstones) to several inches per year (in . granites. ). The source of groundwater is rain and melt water infiltrating and percolating through fractures/pores in soil and . For Marcellus Shale Commission. March 10, 2014. Groundwater Flow in Appalachian Plateau. Example community water system source protection area. A confined aquifer with a porosity of 0.18 is 25 m thick. The potentiometric surface elevations at observation wells 800 m apart are 42.8 m and 47.3 m. If the hydraulic conductivity is 15 m/day determine:.