Hydrogeology : principles and practice/ Compiled by Kevin M. Hiscock

previously published as 2nd ed., in 2014

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction
Early examples of groundwater exploitation
History of hydrogeology
The water cycle
Groundwater as a natural resource
Management and protection of groundwater resources in the United Kingdom
European Union Water Framework Directive
Management and protection of groundwater resources in the United States
Groundwater resources in developing countries
2. Physical hydrogeology
Porosity
Hydraulic conductivity
Isotropy and homogeneity
Aquifers, aquitards and aquicludes
Darcy's Law
Hydraulic properties of fractured rocks
Karst aquifer properties
Groundwater potential and hydraulic head
Groundwater flow direction
Water table and potentiometric surface maps
Groundwater conditions
Confined aquifers
Unconfined aquifers
Equations of groundwater flow
One-dimensional groundwater flow problems
Classification of springs and intermittent streams
Transboundary aquifer systems
Submarine groundwater discharge
Groundwater resources of the world
Hydrogeological environments of the United Kingdom
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
3. Geological processes driving fluid flow
Topography-driven flow
Compaction-driven fluid flow
Variable-density driven fluid flow
Fluctuating sea-level and its impact on the distribution of groundwater salinity in coastal areas
Brines in continental aquifers
Mountain building and erosion
Impact of glaciations on regional hydrogeology
Coupling and relative importance of processes driving fluid flow
4. Chemical hydrogeology
Properties of water
Chemical composition of groundwater
Hydrochemical evolution of groundwater
Groundwater sampling and graphical presentation of hydrochemical data
Concept of chemical equilibrium
Carbonate chemistry of groundwater
Adsorption and ion exchange
Redox chemistry
Groundwater in crystalline rocks
5. Environmental isotope hydrogeology
Stable isotope chemistry and nomenclature
Stable isotopes of water
Age dating of groundwater
Law of radioactive decay
C14 dating
Cl36 dating
Tritium dating
H3/He3 dating
Noble gases. 6. Groundwater and catchment processes
Water balance equation
Precipitation and evapotranspiration
Soil water and infiltration
Recharge estimation
Borehole hydrograph
Soil moisture budget
Chloride budget
Temperature profile
Stream gauging techniques
Velocity area methods
Surface floats
Current metering
Acoustic Doppler current profiler
Dilution gauging
Ultrasonic, electromagnetic and integrating float methods
Slope-area method
Weirs and flumes
Hydrograph analysis
Quickflow and baseflow separation
Unit hydrograph theory
Surface water, groundwater interaction
Temperature-based methods of detection
Simulating river flow depletion
Analytical solutions
Catchment resource modeling
7. Groundwater investigation techniques
Measurement and interpretation of groundwater level data
Water level measurement
Well and borehole design and construction methods
Groundwater level contour maps
Field estimation of aquifer properties
Piezometer tests
Pumping tests
Thiem equilibrium method
Theis non-equilibrium method
Cooper-Jacob straight-line method
Recovery test method
Principle of superposition of drawdown
Leaky, unconfined and bounded aquifer systems
Tracer tests
Geophysical methods
Remote sensing methods
Groundwater modeling
8. Groundwater quality and contaminant hydrogeology
Water quality standards
Water hardness
Irrigation water quality
Transport of contaminants in groundwater
Reactive dissolved contaminants
Non-aqueous phase liquids
Hydrophobic sorption
Density and heterogeneity
Urban and industrial contaminants
Municipal landfill, domestic and cemetery wastes
Agricultural contaminants
Saline water intrusion in coastal aquifers
9. Groundwater pollution remediation and protection
Pump-and-treat
Permeable reactive barriers
Monitored natural attenuation
Groundwater pollution protection strategies in industrialized countries
Groundwater vulnerability mapping
Source protection zones
Risk assessment methods
Spatial planning and groundwater protection
Groundwater protection strategies in developing countries
10. Groundwater resources and environmental management
Groundwater resources schemes
Artificial storage and recovery schemes
Riverbank filtration schemes
Horizontal well schemes
Wetland hydrogeology
Climate change and groundwater resources
Appendices : Conversion factors
The geological timescale
Symbols, atomic numbers and atomic weights
Composition of seawater and rainwater
Drinking water quality standards and Lists I and II substances

Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of hydrogeology to enable the reader to appreciate the significance of groundwater in meeting current and future water resource challenges. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect advances in the field since 2004.