{"product_id":"groundwater-in-the-environment-9781405121439","title":"Groundwater in the Environment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis accessible new textbook provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of groundwater systems and their management. Using straightforward language and analogies to everyday experiences, it explains the origins, nature, and behavior of subsurface water without resorting to complicated mathematics. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroundwater in the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e draws on case studies and cutting-edge research from around the world, giving a unique insight into groundwater occurring in a wide range of different climate zones and geological settings. This book:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides a robust, practical introduction to groundwater quality, and a succinct summary of modern remedial technologies for polluted groundwaters\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplores how groundwater fits into the wider natural environment, especially in relation to freshwater ecosystems\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econsiders the vulnerability of groundwater systems and the effects of pollution, climate change, land-use change, and overexploitati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a pleasure this book is! If you teach introductory hydrogeology to students of any discipline, then this book, by Paul Younger, is the one to recommend to your students as precourse or supplementary reading. If they read it, you will not need to give any lectures explaining the context, concepts, or issues...Put it at the top of your courses’ reading lists!\" (\u003ci\u003eDavid Lerner Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group, University of Sheffield, Groundwater Vol. 45, No. 3 2007)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Occurrence of Water Underground.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Groundwater and the Global Water Cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. The Natural Zonation of Water Underground.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. Water Pressure, the Saturated Zone, Aquifers, and Aquitards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. Aquifer Properties: Effective Porosity, Permeability, Storage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5. The Geology of Groundwater Occurrence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Sources of Groundwater: Recharge Processes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Provenance of Groundwater.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Recharge Processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Movement of Water through the Unsaturated Zone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Groundwater Movement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. “The Force that Drives the Water through the Rocks”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Quantifying Flow Rates: Darcy’s Law and Hydraulic Conductivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3. Groundwater Flow Patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Quantifying the Hydraulic Properties of Aquifers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Natural Groundwater Quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. How to Read a Water Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Chemical Characteristics of Natural Groundwaters: Origins and Significance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Displaying and Classifying Groundwater Quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. The evolution of Natural Groundwater Quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Groundwater Discharge and Catchment Hydrology\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Groundwater Discharge Features.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. The role of Groundwater in Generating Surface Runoff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Estimating the Groundwater Component of Catchment Runoff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. Physical Controls on Groundwater Discharge at the Catchment Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Groundwater and Freshwater Ecosystems\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. Freshwater Ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. Groundwater-fed Wetland Ecosystems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. Fluvial Ecosystems and the Hyporheic Zone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4. Groundwater Ecology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Groundwater as a Resource\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. Current Resource Utilization of Groundwater.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. Constraints on Groundwater Utility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. Methods of Groundwater Abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. Conjunctive use of Groundwaters with Surface Waters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5. Groundwater as a Thermal Resource.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Groundwater Hazards\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1. Geohazards and Hydro-geohazards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2. Natural Hydro-geohazards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3. Hydro-geohazards Induced by Human Activities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Groundwater Under Threat\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1. Threats to Groundwater Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2. Depletion of Groundwater Quantity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3. Degradation of Groundwater Quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Modeling Groundwater Systems\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1. Why Simulate Groundwater Systems?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2. Conceptual Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3. Representing the Conceptual Model Mathematically.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4. Ways of Doing the Sums: Solving Physically Based Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5. One Step Beyond: Simulating Groundwater Quality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6. Groundwater Modeling In Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Managing Groundwater Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1. Approaches to Groundwater Resource Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2. Towards Sustainable Groundwater Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3. Groundwater Control Measures to Mitigate Geohazards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4. Preventing Groundwater Contamination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5. Remediating Contaminated Groundwaters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407859261783,"sku":"9781405121439","price":56.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405121439.jpg?v=1730500763","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/groundwater-in-the-environment-9781405121439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}