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How urban growth might affect the recharge zone of an aquifer?
If the aquifer is covered by an impermeable rock layer, water cannot reach the aquifer. Construction of buildings on top of the recharge zone can also limit the amount of water that enters an aquifer. OR The presence of roofs, buildings, pavements, and streets indicates that engineering has taken place to remove rainwater via underground Plumbing systems, normally in the form of storm sewers. Storm sewers are usually directed to a stream or river near the urban growth. The stream or river may direct the rainfall that once recharged the aquifer to a point hundreds of miles away.
How does an aquifer works?
Aquifer recharge occurs when surface water permeates through the pervious layers of soil to an impervious layer below the surface soil layers. This impervious layer may be clay or stone. Alternately the water may gain access to the aquifer when the bottom of a river of lake is connected to a porous zone which is either an aquifer or connects to an aquifer. These points of access to the quaifer are called recharge zones. Aquifers often low downwards along the gradient of the impervious zone and may, at some point, pass below other impervious zones and become unaffected by other water additions from the surface. Aquifers which do not flow are called perched and can dry up if water is removed from them and they have no source of recharge.
Why are recharge zones environmentally sensitive?
Aquifers are essentially lakes of water underground (sometimes pooled or sometimes in a matrix like limestone). They are finite, meaning they contain only a certain volume of water. A recharge zone allows new water to enter the aquifer. Without such a zone, an aquifer can eventually run dry if the volume of water being removed exceeds that of the volume being replaced.
Which is better for drinking water from an aquifer or an artesian aquifer?
from an aquifer
A rock layer that stores and allows the flow of groundwater?
water.aquiferAquiferan aquifer
What is lateral recharge?
Lateral recharge is the percolation of water into an aquifer from the side as opposed to natural recharge when the water percolates straight down into the aquifer.
What is water that enters an aquifer from the surface?
recharge
What is recharge water?
artificial aquifer recharge is the enchance ment of natural ground water
Where is the recharge zone for the Ozark plateau aquifer?
The main recharge zone is mizzoula lake in kansas. It contains some what contaminated water that seeps in to the Ozark Aquifer. Your Welcome.
Recharge zone in a sentence?
Recharge zone is earths surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer.
What is recharge zone?
The area of the Earth's surface where water seeps down into the aquifer.
What area where water travels downward to become part of an aquifer?
recharge zone
How could new roads affect the recharge zone of an aquifer?
because it will affect the amount and quality of water in an aquifer{less water can enter the auifer}
Name a place where aquifers are most likely to be contaminated?
An aquifer is most likely to be contaminated at its recharge zones. These are the areas in which water is directly infiltrated into the aquifer.
How long does Wii remote take to recharge?
it takes a wii remote about 3or4 hours to recharge
What is a place where groundwater flows to the surface?
Places where groundwater flows to the surface are called springs.
How does an aquifer get refilled?
For an aquifer to be refilled it either needs to have permeable beds above it so water can percolate down to it or it needs to have recharge zones in which the same percolation process can occur
