Table of contents : Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents PREFACE CHAPTER ONE -- INTRODUCTION 1-1 ROLE OF GROUNDWATER IN WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT 1-2 MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 1-3 SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF BOOK CHAPTER TWO -- GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFERS 2-1 DEFINITIONS 2-2 MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION IN A VERTICAL PROFILE 2-3 CLASSIFICATION OF AQUIFERS 2-4 HYDRAULIC APPROACH TO FLOW IN AQUIFERS 2-5 CONTINUUM APPROACH TO FLOW THROUGH POROUS MEDIA 2-6 INHOMOGENEITY AND ANISOTROPY CHAPTER THREE -- GROUNDWATER BALANCE 3-1 GROUNDWATER FLOW AND LEAKAGE. 3-2 NATURAL REPLENISHMENT FROM PRECIPITATION3-3 RETURN FLOW FROM IRRIGATION AND SEWAGE 3-4 ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE 3-5 RIVER − AQUIFER INTERRELATIONSHIPS 3-6 SPRINGS 3-7 EVAPOTRANSPIRATION 3-9 CHANGE IN STORAGE 3-10 REGIONAL GROUNDWATER BALANCE 3-8 PUMPAGE AND DRAINAGE CHAPTER FOUR -- GROUNDWATER MOTION 4-1 DARCY'S LAW 4-2 HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY 4.3 AQUIFER TRANSMISSIVITY 4.4 FLOW IN ANISOTROPIC AQUIFERS 4-5 DUPUIT ASSUMPTIONS FOR A PHREATIC AQUIFER CHAPTER FIVE -- MATHEMATICAL STATEMENT OF THE GROUNDWATER FORECASTING PROBLEM 5-1 AQUIFER STORATIVITY 5-2 BASIC CONTINUITY EQUATION. 5-3 INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS5-4 FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS FOR FLOW IN AQUIFERS 5-5 COMPLETE MATHEMATICAL STATEMENT OF A GROUNDWATER FLOW PROBLEM 5-6 METHODS FOR SOLVING GROUNDWATER FLOW PROBLEMS 5-7 SUPERPOSITION 5-8 HYDROLOGIC MAPS AND FLOW NETS 5-9 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FLOWS IN ISOTROPIC AND ANISOTROPIC AQUIFERS 5-10 ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY FLOWS IN AQUIFERS 5-11 LAND SUBSIDENCE CHAPTER SIX -- FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE 6-1 CAPILLARY PRESSURE AND RETENTION CURVES 6-2 THE MOTION EQUATION 6-3 RELATIVE PERMEABILITY 6-4 THE CONTINUITY EQUATIONS. 6-5 MATHEMATICAL STATEMENT OF UNSATURATED FLOW6-6 METHODS OF SOLUTION CHAPTER SEVEN -- GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEM (HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSION) 7-1 DISPERSION PHENOMENA 7-2 OCCURRENCE OF DISPERSION PHENOMENA 7-3 COEFFICIENTS OF DISPERSION 7-4 THE EQUATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSION 7-5 INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS 7-6 MATHEMATICAL STATEMENT OF A GROUNDWATER POLLUTION PROBLEM 7-7 AQUIFER DISPERSION EQUATION AND PARAMETERS 7-8 METHODS OF SOLUTION 7-9 SOME SIMPLE ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS 7-10 MOVEMENT OF WATER BODIES INJECTED INTO AQUIFERS. CHAPTER EIGHT -- HYDRAULICS OF PUMPING AND RECHARGING WELLS8-1 INTRODUCTION 8-2 STEADY FLOW TO A WELL IN A CONFINED AQUIFER 8-3 STEADY FLOW TO A WELL IN A PHREATIC AQUIFER 8-4 STEADY FLOW TO A WELL IN A LEAKY CONFINED AQUIFER 8-5 UNSTEADY FLOW TO A WELL IN A CONFINED AQUIFER 8-7 UNSTEADY FLOW TO A WELL IN A LEAKY CONFINED AQUIFER 8-8 PARTIALLY PENETRATING WELLS 8-9 MULTIPLE WELL SYSTEMS 8-10 WELLS NEAR BOUNDARIES TREATED BY THE METHOD OF IMAGES 8-11 RECHARGING AND PUMPING WELLS IN UNIFORM FLOW 8-12 WELL LOSSES AND SPECIFIC WELL DISCHARGE 8-13 HYDRAULICS OF RECHARGING WELLS. CHAPTER NINE -- FRESH WATER-SALT WATER INTERFACE IN COASTAL AQUIFERS.