Paul L. Younger (PhD C.Geol. C.Eng.) is HSBC Professor of Environmental Technologies at the University of Newcastle United Kingdom
Review
"What a pleasure this book is! If you teach introductory hydrogeology to students of any discipline then this book by Paul Younger is the one to recommend to your students as precourse or supplementary reading. If they read it you will not need to give any lectures explaining the context concepts or issues...Put it at the top of your courses ' reading lists!" David Lerner Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group University of Sheffield Groundwater Vol 45 No. 3 2007
Summary
This accessible new textbook provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of groundwater systems and their management. Using straightforward language and analogies to everyday experiences it explains the origins nature and behavior of subsurface water without resorting to complicated mathematics.Groundwater in the Environment draws on case studies and cutting-edge research from around the world giving a unique insight into groundwater occurring in a wide range of different climate zones and geological settings. This book: provides a robust practical introduction to groundwater quality and a succinct summary of modern remedial technologies for polluted groundwatersexplores how groundwater fits into the wider natural environment especially in relation to freshwater ecosystemsconsiders the vulnerability of groundwater systems and the effects of pollution climate change land-use change and overexploitationexamines human dependence on water and the effect that this has on groundwater systemspresents vivid examples of geohazards associated with ground watersexplains the whys and wherefores of groundwater modelingexamines competing philosophies of groundwater management making the case for approaches which take social economic and ecological issues into account.Goundwater in the Environment provides an up-to-date essential introduction for undergraduate students of environmental sciences geography and geology. It will also be invaluable to professionals working in various fields of natural resource management who need accessible information on groundwater but who are reluctant to read conventional texts full of mathematical notation. For practicing hydrogeologists and engineerswithout formal training in freshwater ecology this book provides a crash course' in the new frontiers of groundwater management.Artwork from the book is available to instructors online at www.blackwellpublishing.com/younger and by request on CD-ROM.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments.
Occurrence of Water Underground.
1. Groundwater and the Global Water Cycle.
2. The Natural Zonation of Water Underground.
3. Water Pressure the Saturated Zone Aquifers and Aquitards.
5. The Geology of Groundwater Occurrence. Sources of Groundwater:
Recharge Processes.
1. Provenance of Groundwater.
2. Recharge Processes.
3. Movement of Water through the Unsaturated Zone.
Groundwater Movement.
1."The Force that Drives the Water through the Rocks".
2. Quantifying Flow Rates: Darcy's Law and Hydraulic Conductivity.
3. Groundwater Flow Patterns.
4. Quantifying the Hydraulic Properties of Aquifers.
Natural Groundwater Quality.
1. How to Read a Water Analysis.
2. Chemical Characteristics of Natural Groundwaters: Origins and Significance.
3. Displaying and Classifying Groundwater Quality.
4. The evolution of Natural Groundwater Quality.
Groundwater Discharge and Catchment Hydrology.
1. Groundwater Discharge Features.
2. The role of Groundwater in Generating Surface Runoff.
3. Estimating the Groundwater Component of Catchment Runoff.
4. Physical Controls on Groundwater Discharge at the Catchment Scale.
Groundwater and Freshwater Ecosystems.
1. Freshwater Ecosystems.
2. Groundwater-fed Wetland Ecosystems.
3. Fluvial Ecosystems and the Hyporheic Zone.
4. Groundwater Ecology.
Groundwater as a Resource.
1. Current Resource Utilization of Groundwater.
2. Constraints on Groundwater Utility.
3. Methods of Groundwater Abstraction.
4. Conjunctive use of Groundwaters with Surface Waters.
5. Groundwater as a Thermal Resource.
Groundwater Hazards.
1. Geohazards and Hydro-geohazards.
2. Natural Hydro-geohazards.
3. Hydro-geohazards Induced by Human Activities. Groundwater
Under Threat.
1. Threats to Groundwater Systems.
2. Depletion of Groundwater Quantity.
3. Degradation of Groundwater Quality0. Modeling Groundwater Systems0.1. Why Simulate Groundwater Systems?0.2.
Conceptual Models0.3. Representing the Conceptual Model Mathematically0.4. Ways of Doing the Sums: Solving Physically
Based Models0.5. One Step Beyond: Simulating Groundwater Quality0.6. Groundwater Modeling In Practice
1. Managing Groundwater Systems1.1. Approaches to Groundwater Resource Management1.2. Towards Sustainable Groundwater
Development1.3. Groundwater Control Measures to Mitigate Geohazards1.4. Preventing Groundwater Contamination1.5.
Remediating Contaminated Groundwaters
