Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-588) and index.

Introduction -- Physical properties and principles -- Chemical properties and principles -- Groundwater geology -- FlowNets -- Groundwater and the Hydrologic cycle -- Chemical evolution on natural groundwater -- Groundwater resources evaluation -- Groundwater contamination -- Groundwater and Geotechnical problems -- Groundwater and Geologic processes -- Appendices. The authors preceive a trend in the study and practice of groundwater hydrology. They see a science that is emerging from its geological roots and its early hydraulic applications into a full-fledged environmental science. They see a science that is becoming more interdisciplinary in nature and of greater importance in the affairs of man. This book is their response, and they have provided a text that is suited to the study of groundwater during this period of emergence.