GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 51: Aquifer
14 Apr 2018
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Water generally can be pumped from a well faster than the aquifer can recharge. Before pumping the table is reasonably flat, but as pumping proceeds the water table is reasonably flat but as pumping proceeds, the water table drops. A cone of depression forms at each well. Very fine sediments like clay, typically have low permeability. Very coarse sediments typically have excellent permeability. Aquifer body of sediment that is both porous and permeable, can also be in fractured rocks if the fractures are well-connected. Springs - discharge of groundwater: many geological factors can. An unconfined aquifer has access to the surface and water can percolate freely from rainfall into the aquifer.
