Groundwater Development For Portable Water Supply

  ABSTRACT Groundwater hydrology may be defined as the science of the occurrence distribution, and movement of water below the surface of the earth. Geochydrology has an identical connotation, and hydrogeology differs only by its greater emphasis on geology. Utilization of groundwater dates from ancient times, although an understanding of the occurrence and movement of subsurface water as part of the hydrologic cycle has come only relatively recently.SCOPE: Groundwater referred to without specification is commonly understood to mean water occupying all the voids within geologic stratum. Thi…