Subject(s): Pollution -- Water supply -- Water wells -- History, utilization of groundwater, groundwater in hydrologic cycle -- Occurrence of groundwater : Zone of aeration, saturation, geologic formulation as aquifers, strong, coefficient, groundwater basins, springs, hydrothermal phenomena, groundwater in permafrost regions, groundwater in US -- Groundwater movement : Darcy's law, determination of hydraulic conductivity, anisotropic aquifers, groundwater flow rates and directions, groundwater tracers -- Groundwater and well hydraulics : Steady unidirectional flow, steady radical flow to a well, well in a uniform flow, multiple well systems, partially penetrating wells, well flow for special conditions, specific capacity -- Water wells : Methods of constructing shallow wells, methods for drilling deep wells, well completion, testing wells for yield, pumping equipment, well rehabilitation -- Groundwater levels and environmental influences : Streamflow and groundwater levels, fluctuations due to evapotranspiration, meteorological phenomena, fluctuations due to tides, urbanization, earthquakes, land subsidence and groundwater -- Quality of groundwater : Sources of salinity, quality, chemical analysis, graphic representations, physical analysis, biological analysis, groundwater samples, water quality criteria, changes in chemical composition -- Pollution of groundwater : Pollution in relation to water use, municipal sources and causes, industrial/ agricultural sources and causes, attenuation of pollution, distribution of pollution underground, evaluation of pollution potential, monitoring groundwater quality -- management of groundwater : Salt balance, basin management by conjunctive use, examples of groundwater management -- Groundwater modeling techniques : Porous media models, analog models, electric analog models, digital computer models -- Surface investigations of groundwater : geophysical logging, resistivity logging, spontaneous potential logging, radiation logging, temperature logging, caliper logging, fluid conductivity logging, fluid- velocity logging -- Artificial recharge of groundwater -- Saline water intrusion in aquifers : Ghyben herberg relation between fresh and saline waters, shape and structure of fresh salt water interface, upconing of Saline water, fresh salt water relations on oceanic islands, seawater intrusion in Karst terranes, control of Saline water intrusion, seawater intrusion, recognition of seawater in groundwater