PLAN341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Groundwater Recharge, Hydraulic Head, Soil Texture

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Planning
• Course: PLAN341
• Professor: Mike Stone

Document Summary

Bottom left picture showing stuff coming from dump which then leads to groundwater. Recharge areas for drinking water, site where theres some type of pollution occurring, and some pollutants goes very quickly where water goes (chloride, nitrate) Drinking water contaminated cause of land use practices, recognition of where drink water areas are and land use on top is important. Contaminant flumes moves from areas of high elevation to low elevation. Groundwater moves naturally from high hydraulic head to low hydraulic head. Each of these eco regions, have all of these elements in them (dynamics, features, composition) Types of waste that are created are waste from military, industrial (radioactive materials, toxic organic materials) Top of the surface can be so hot and the water can start to move up , and this moves up based on cohesive forces. Water can be held to soil particles by cohesive forces. Movement of water along a moisture gradient.