Vocabulary Term Details

Aquifers

Definition (http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=518&langcode=en&ns=1)

Layers of rock, sand or gravel that can absorb water and allow it to flow. An aquifer acts as a groundwater reservoir when the underlying rock is impermeable. This may be tapped by wells for domestic, agricultural or industrial use. A serious environmental problem arises when the aquifer is contaminated by the seepage of sewage or toxins from waste dumps. (Gemet)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
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Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Water resources	N/A	Groundwater Water supply

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Approved Date
14-Jan-2014

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A Review Of The Impact Of Microbiological Contaminants In Groundwater
An investigation into the flow interactions between the Spilsby Sandstone and the overlying aquifers of East Lincolnshire
Analytical method for the determination of acid herbicides in sandstone and chalk aquifer materials (Draft RanD note) P439/9/A
Artificial recharge to groundwater in the Otter valley
Digital groundwater vulnerability maps : 1 : 100,000 series. Policy and practice for the protection of groundwater
Evaluation Of Remedial Actions For Groundwater Pollution By Organic Solvents
Further investigation of the pilot borehole at Bean's Lane, Wortham (94/7/912) : September 1994
Fylde aquifer/Wyre catchment water resources study : final report. August 1997
Grimsby catchment management plan : consultation report : November 1994
Groundwater abstraction greensand aquifer Hillington, Norfolk Private Hearing 19th February 1991
Groundwater flooding in the Thames region : winter 2000/01
Groundwater storage in British aquifers : chalk - draft final report (128/5/A)
Groundwater storage in British aquifers : chalk - Drawings
Groundwater storage in British aquifers: chalk. Appendices
Groundwater vulnerability of England and Wales : policy and practice for the protection of groundwater : Scale : 1 : 1 000 000
Investigation of salinity in the river Thurne catchment of North East Norfolk
Lincolnshire Northern chalk aquifer management proposals
Mechanisms of Water Storage in the Unsaturated Zone of the Chalk Aquifer
Microbiological contaminants in groundwater
Pesticides in major acquifers. Phase 2 (P439/11/A)
Regional groundwater level monitoring network review : Stage 2 : Summary Report
Representation of the variation of hydraulic conductivity with saturated thickness in MODFLOW. Stages 1 and 2 : code changes and testing against Birmingham University code : technical note
Review of water resources in the Fylde Aquifer and Wyre catchment
Rising groundwater levels in the chalk - basal sands aquifer of the central london basins
Rising groundwater levels in the chalk-basal sands aquifer of the Central London basin
Rising groundwater levels in the chalk-basal sands aquifer of the Central London basin : April 2000
Rising groundwater levels in the chalk-basal sands aquifer of the Central London Basin. Progress report, March 1995
Rising groundwater levels in the chalk-basal sands aquifer of the Central London Basin. Progress report, March 1996
Sapiston River support scheme : test pumping of observation boreholes (92/6/362)
Studies on colloids in groundwater
The behaviour of atrazine and simazine within the chalk aquifer : experimental results and interpretation
The drought of 1988-1992 in Anglia : a review
The Lambourn catchment modelling work
The River Lark project Final Report
The River Lark project Model Manual
Water in the Thetford area

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Aquifers

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