Groundwater

This textbook lays out groundwater hydrology in full, weaving together chemistry, physics, geology, and calculus to show how the theory applies to real geological settings.

Throughout, the authors emphasize numerical methods, so readers learn to carry out groundwater calculations rather than only describe them. Subjects include how water and dissolved substances move through the subsurface, how contaminants spread into groundwater, how wells behave under pumping, and how much water an aquifer can reliably supply.

The book also teaches modeling. It covers both analog and numerical approaches for simulating groundwater systems. Mathematical derivations are collected in appendices for readers who want to follow the underlying equations step by step.