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Characteristics of groundwater systems and groundwater interactions with streamflow -- Streamflow response to groundwater pumping -- Time response of streamflow depletion during pumping -- Distribution of streamflow depletion along stream reaches -- Variable and cyclic pumping effects -- Multiple wells and basinwide analyses -- Pumped wells and recharge wells -- Streamflow depletion and water quality -- Common misconceptions about streamflow depletion -- Aquifer recharge and development of water resources -- Depletion and the rates and directions of groundwater flow -- Depletion after pumping stops -- Effects of confining layers on depletion -- Approaches for monitoring, understanding, and managing streamflow depletion by wells -- Field techniques -- Analytical and numerical modeling -- Analytical models of streamflow depletion by wells -- Numerical models of streamflow depletion by wells -- Response functions and capture maps -- Management of streamflow depletion.