UNIT – I
GROUND WATER OCCURRENCE AND MOVEMENT:
GROUND WATER HYDROLOGIC CYCLE,
ORIGIN OF GROUND WATER, ROCK PROPERTIES
EFFECTING GROUND WATER, VERTICAL
DISTRIBUTION OF GROUND WATER, ZONE OF
AERATION AND ZONE OF SATURATION, GEOLOGIC
FORMATION AS AQUIFERS, TYPES OF AQUIFERS,
POROSITY, SPECIFIC YIELD AND SPECIFIC
RETENTION. PERMEABILITY, DARCY’S LAW,
STORAGE COEFFICIENT, TRANSMISSIVITY,
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION GOVERNING GROUND
WATER FLOW IN THREE DIMENSIONS
DERIVATION, GROUND WATER FLOW EQUATION IN
POLAR COORDINATES SYSTEM, GROUND
WATER FLOW CONTOURS THEIR APPLICATIONS