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What is a Ground Water Aquifer? DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/groundwater/src/geo3.htm
From Digital Water Ed Library (DWEL)
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These illustrations and accompanying descriptions outline the basic concepts of groundwater aquifers. Users may learn definitions of basic terms (aquifer, confined, unconfined, water table) and see how the properties and orientations of rock layers act to accumulate water, which can then flow out or be pumped out by a well.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
Type of resource:
  • Visual:
    • Illustration - scientific
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Hydrology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 1996, Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, Indiana 47909. All rights reserved. This material may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety for non-profit, educational use provided appropriate copyright notice is acknowledged. For all other intended reprint of this material, contact Farm Building Plan Service, 1146 AGEN, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1146.
DLESE Catalog ID: DWEL-000-000-000-069
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Structure of the earth system
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: Purdue University, Agricultural Biological Engineering Department


Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 51998
http://www.epa.gov