University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of groundwater hydrology / Jacobus J. de Vries -- Geological occurrence of groundwater / Darrell I. Leap -- Elementary groundwater flow and transport processes / Jacques W. Delleur -- Two-and three-dimensional flow of groundwater / F. De Smedt -- Groundwater and seepage: accounting for variability / Milton E. Harr -- Soil properties and moisture movement in the unsaturated zone / Randel Haverkamp, Samuel Debionne, and Pierre Viallet -- Infiltration / Jan W. Hopmans, Jean-Yves Parlange, and Shmuel Assouline -- Infiltration and run-on under spatially variable hydrologic properties / R.S. Govindaraju, N. Nahar, and C. Corradini -- Modeling the movement of water and solute through preferential flow paths and fractures / Rony Wallach, Tammo S. Steenhuis, and Jean-Yves Parlange -- Well hydraulics and aquifer tests / Hans Boonstra, and Richard Soppe -- Well design and construction / Hans Boonstra, and Richard Soppe -- Sea water intrusion into coastal aquifers / Jacob Bear, and Quanlin Zhou -- Groundwater and heat flow / Darrell I. Leap -- Hydrogeological characterization using geophysical methods / Susan S. Hubbard, and Yoram Rubin -- Geophysical and tracer characterization methods / David W. Hyndman -- Geostatistics : interpolation and inverse problems / Peter K. Kitanidis -- Groundwater contaminants / Ernest R. Blatchley, III, and John E. Thompson -- Nonreactive contaminant transport in the saturated zone / Natalie Kleinfelter, and John H. Cushman -- Reactive contaminant transport in the saturated zone : review of some upscaling approaches / J.H. Cushman, and T.R. Ginn -- Groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured media / K.S. Novakowski, and E.A. Sudicky -- Groundwater flow in karstic aquifers / William B. White -- Contaminant transport in the unsaturated zone theory and modeling / Jiri Simunek, and Martinus Th. van Genuchten -- Groundwater modeling / Leonard F. Konikow, Thomas E. Reilly, and Paul M. Barlow.

"Presenting a multifaceted and up-to-date discussion of groundwater engineering, the book explores groundwater production, well hydraulics, well design and construction, groundwater sustainability, biodegradation techniques, the use of geosynthetics, and the design of landfills and evaporative cover systems from an applied perspective. It addresses legal and regulatory aspects as well as environmental concerns such as ecohydrology and the impact of climate change on groundwater. With contributions from an international group of authors drawn from academic institutions, consulting firms, and government agencies, the book is both the most up-to-date and the most authoritative reference available"--Jacket.