Chapter 14
Groundwater
• Groundwater is
….
• Water that
enters and is
stored in the
ground
• Porosity
• The amount of
pore space
• permeability
• Ability of
water to pass
through a
material
The Water Table
• Zone of Aeration
• Zone of
Saturation
• Water table
• Impermeable
Layer
• Water seeps down
through
• Where the water is
stored; the soil is
soaked with water
• The surface of the
zone of saturation
• No water passes
through
• Hillside spring
• Where the
water table
meets the
surface of the
earth
• Ordinary well
• A hole dug into
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the groundwater
to get water
from the water
table
• Aquifer
• Artesian
formation
• Artesian well
• Transports
water
• An aquifer
sandwiched in
between 2
impermeable
layers
• Geyser
• Hot spring that
occasionally erupts
hot water