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Article: Ground water and surface water interaction.
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- National Driller
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Traditionally, management of water resources has focused on surface water or ground water as if they were separate entities. As development of land and water resources increases, it is apparent that development of either of these resources affects the quantity and quality of the other. Nearly all surface-water features (streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands and estuaries) interact with ground water.
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These interactions take many forms. In many situations, surface water bodies gain water and solutes from ground water systems and in others, the surface water body is a source of ground water recharge and causes changes in ground water ...