Hydrogeology and Groundwater Modeling, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Coupling the basics of hygrogeology with analytical and numerical modeling methods, Hydrogeology and Groundwater Modeling, Second Edition provides detailed coverage of both theory and practice. Written by a leading hydrogeologist who has consulted for industry and environmental agencies and taught at major universities around the world, this unique book fills a gap in the groundwater hydrogeology literature.

With more than 40 real-world examples, the book is a source for clear, easy-to-understand, and step-by-step quantitative groundwater evaluation and contaminant fate and transport analysis, from basic laboratory determination to complex analytical calculations and computer modeling. It provides more than 400 drawings, graphs, and photographs, and a variety of useful tables of all key groundwater parameters, as well as lucid, straightforward answers to common hydrogeological problems.

Reflecting nearly ten years of new scholarship since the publication of the bestselling first edition, this second edition is wider in focus with added and updated examples, figures, and problems, yet still provides information in the author's trademark, user-friendly style. No other book offers such carefully selected examples and clear, elegantly explained solutions. The inclusion of step-by-step solutions to real problems builds a knowledge base for understanding and solving groundwater issues.PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS IN HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER MODELING

INTRODUCTION

GROUNDWATER
Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater
Porosity and Effective Porosity
Principles of Groundwater Flow
Flow in Unsaturated Zone

AQUIFERS AND AQUITARDS
Definition, Recharge and Discharge Areas
Aquifer Transmissivity and Storage
Types of Aquifers
Aquifer Parameters and Methods of Determination
Analysis of Aquifer Pumping Test Results
Aquifer Recharge and Sustainability
Managed Aquil3v