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What is Groundwater?What is Groundwater?How Does Groundwater Move?How Does Groundwater Move?

What are Aquifers, Wells, Springs, and Streams?What are Aquifers, Wells, Springs, and Streams?What are the Causes of Groundwater Contamination?What are the Causes of Groundwater Contamination?

How Long Will Groundwater Last?How Long Will Groundwater Last?What Features Can Groundwater Form?What Features Can Groundwater Form?How do Hot Springs and Geysers Form?How do Hot Springs and Geysers Form?

What is Geothermal Energy?What is Geothermal Energy?



The Water Table Marks theTop of the Saturated Zone

Figure 15.1a



Perched Water Tables Above Lensesof Less Permeable Shade Within a

Large Body of Sandstone

Figure 15.2



Movement of Groundwater Beneatha Sloping Water Table in

Uniformly Permeable Rock

Figure 15.3



Groundwater Moves inResponse to Hydraulic Head

Box 15.1, Figure 1



Groundwater Flow

Box 15.1, Figure 2



A Well Must be Installed inan Aquifer to Obtain Water

Figure 15.4



Wells Can Obtain Some Water FromFractures in Crystalline Rock

Figure 15.5



Confined and Unconfined Aquifers

Figure 15.6



Water Table in Wet and Dry Seasons

Figure 15.7



Pumping Well Lowers the WaterTable into a Cone of Depression

Figure 15.8



The Dakota Sandstone:A Tilted and Exposed Aquifer

Figure 15.9



Formation of Springs

Figure 15.12



Gaining and Losing Streams

Figure 15.13



The Walkerton Water Tragedy

Box 15.3, Figure 1



Waste Piled on Land SurfaceCreates Groundwater Mound

Figure 15.15a-b



Leachate Plume Generatedby Contaminants

Figure 15.15c



Not All Contaminants MoveWithin the Saturated Zone

Figure 15.16



Rock Type and Distance ControlPossible Sewage Contamination

of Neighbouring Wells

Figure 15.17



Groundwater Pollution Problems Caused or Aggravated by Pumping Wells

Figure 15.18



Extent of Landfilling AlongToronto Harbourfront

Box 15.4, Figure 1



Historic Landfill Areas inNew York City

Box 15.4, Figure 3



Legacy of Past Land Uses and Principal Contaminants at Proposed Ataratiri

Residential Development Site

Box 15.4, Figure 4



Solution of Limestone to Form Caves

Figure 15.20



Karst Topography Marked by Underground Caves & Sinkholes

Figure 15.23a



Distribution of Karst Rocks in Canada

Figure 15.23b



Eruptive History of a Typical Geyser

Figure 15.27



Answers to SelectedTesting Your Knowledge

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