Fundamentals of Ground Water

Fundamentals of Ground Water is written at an introductory level to facilitate learning and teaching, while maintaining appropriate rigor. To provide an introductory look, feel and substance, we have included: numerous worked examples and exercises in each chapter; a section at the end of each chapter emphasizing highlights in those chapters; several windows-based computer programs for simulating ground-water processes; several Excel spreadsheet programs to demonstrate the calculation of mass transport processes; Power Point shows that illustrate field methods and technology, and take you on virtual tours of interesting study areas and field problems. These materials can be downloaded from http://www.wiley.com/college/schwartz. The publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has also contributed to this effort by providing an open, reader-oriented layout for the book and clearly drafted figures.

This text covers what we consider the basic areas of ground water. Chapter 1 introduces hydrologic cycle and especially the ground-water component. Chapter 2 focuses on the hydrologic processes at the earth's surface and the connection between these processes and ground-water flow. Chapters 3 through 5 provide the basic concepts of ground-water/ surface-water interactions, geology and ground water, and the theory of ground-water flow. Chapter 6 extends the discussions of flow to the unsaturated zone and fractured media. Chapter 7 details basic methods for geologic and hydrogeologic investigations in the field. Chapter 8 concentrates on regional ground-water flow and conceptual/mathematical models. Chapters 9 through 14 discuss well hydraulics and present common methods used to interpret results from aquifer tests. The last chapter is concerned specifically with ground-water flow. Chapter 15 deals with the management of ground-water resources and ground-water models.

The last part of the book deals with concepts of mass transport, chemistry, and contamination. Chapters 16 through 18 provide the basic concepts of water chemistry necessary to tackle both natural and contaminated systems. Chapter 19 develops conceptual and mathematical models for mass transport, so essential to frame problems and issues in water chemistry. Chapter 20 discusses isotopes as tracers and age dating techniques used in ground water. Chapter 21 explains how chemical concepts are used in the study of natural systems. Chapter 22 covers contaminated systems and investigation techniques for contamination problems. A bonus chapter, Chapter 23, introduces basic models and techniques in contaminant transport modeling. The bonus chapter can be downloaded from the book's web site, http://www.wiley.com/college/schwart7. Several Excel programs and a Windows based computer program have been developed to assist users of this chapter in simulating mass transport problems using analytical solutions.

Contents

1. Introduction to Ground Water
2. Hydrologic Processes at the Earth's Surface
3. Basic Principles of Ground-Water Flow
4. Geology and Ground Water
5. Theory of Ground-Water Flow
6. Theory of Ground-Water Flow in Unsaturated Zones and Fractured Media
7. Basic Geologic and Hydrogeologic Investigations
8. Regional Ground-Water Flow
9. Response of Confined Aquifers to Pumping
10. Leaky Confined Aquifers and Partially-Penetrating Wells
11. Response of An Unconfined Aquifer to Pumping
12. Leaky Confined Aquifers and Partially Penetrating Wells
13. Response of an Unconfined Aquifer to Pumping
14. Slug, Step and Intermittent Tests
15. Superposition and Bounded Aquifers
16. Solving Well-Hydraulics Problems with a PC
17. Management of Ground-Water Resources
18. Dissolved Mass in Ground Water
19. Kinetic and Equilibrium Reactions
20. Key Reactions Influencing Ground-Water Chemistry
21. Basics of Mass Transport, Advection, and Dispersion
22. Isotopes and Age Dating
23. Geochemistry of Natural Water Systems
24. Introduction to Contaminant Hydrogeology
25. Modeling Contaminant Transport