Groundwater

Groundwater What is groundwater' Groundwater is water that exists beneath the surface. When it rains, water filters into the ground and percolates through the soil until it reaches a depth where all of the space is filled by water. Ground water can flow horizontally and vertically at a rate influenced by the area it is in. Groundwater is found in aquifers, geologic formations where a significant amount of water can be stored, transmitted, or supplied to well or a spring. The quality of groundwater and surface water are intimately linked. Eventually , some ground water flows to the surface and feeds into lakes and streams. water, groundwater, surface, ground, aquifers, quality, lakes, different, beneath, wetlands, wells, water ground, vertically, variety, until, typically, transmitted, through, test, supply, supplied, streams, stored, standards, spring, specialized, space, sources, soil, significant, screen, rivers, recharges, reaches, rate, rains, quality, purpose, pumping, percolates, meet, linked, land-use, intimately, intended, installing, influenced, horizontally, holes, geologic