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hydrogeology

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hydrogeology

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Also known as groundwater hydrology, geohydrology, hydro-geology

[[File:Boy drinks from a tap at a NEWAH WASH water project in Puware Shikhar, Udayapur District, Nepal. (10677903803).jpg|thumb|270x270px| Boy drinks from a tap at a NEWAH WASH water project in Puware Shikhar, Udayapur District, Nepal.]

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48 sections
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Hydrogeology in relation to other fields
  • Subjects
  • Aquifers
  • Hydraulic head
  • Porosity
  • Water content
  • Hydraulic conductivity
  • Specific storage and specific yield
  • Fault zone hydrogeology
  • Contaminant transport properties
  • Hydrodynamic dispersion
  • Molecular diffusion
  • Retardation by adsorption
  • History and development
  • Henry Darcy: 19th century
  • Oscar Edward Meinzer: 20th century
  • Governing equations
  • Darcy's law
  • Groundwater flow equation
  • Calculation of groundwater flow
  • Analytic methods
  • Numerical methods
  • General properties of gridded methods
  • Application of finite difference models
  • Application of finite element models
  • Application of finite volume models
  • Other methods
  • Water wells
  • Water well design and construction
  • Issues in groundwater engineering and hydrogeology
  • Contamination
  • Controversy
  • Fracking
  • California
  • Colorado
  • New trends in groundwater engineering/hydrogeology
  • Topographical mapping
  • The role of technology
  • Growing populations
  • Dependency on groundwater in the United States
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • General hydrogeology
  • Numerical groundwater modeling
  • Analytic groundwater modeling
  • External links

[[File:Boy drinks from a tap at a NEWAH WASH water project in Puware Shikhar, Udayapur District, Nepal. (10677903803).jpg|thumb|270x270px| Boy drinks from a tap at a NEWAH WASH water project in Puware Shikhar, Udayapur District, Nepal.]

thumb|240x240px| Checking wells

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