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2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Is Groundwater?
Regional Groundwater
G
Flow Systems
S
Well and Aquifer Hydraulics
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Porous Systems
Groundwater flows through
pore spaces between grains
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Fractured Systems
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Fractured
Limestone or
Dolomite
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
A confined
fi d aquifer
if is
i one iin which
hi h groundwater
d t iis
confined under pressure by overlying and underlying
aquitards or aquicludes, and water levels in wells rise
above
b
th
the ttop off the
th aquifer.
if A confined
fi d aquifer
if is
i also
l
called an artesian aquifer.
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Unconfined Aquifers
Land Surface
Unsaturated
((Vadose)) Zone
Water Table
Saturated
Zone
Unconfined
Aquifer
Bedrock
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Confined Aquifers
Land Surface
Unsaturated (Vadose) Zone
Water Table
Unconfined Aquifer
Saturated Zone
Potentiometric Surface
Confined Aquifer
Bedrock
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Confining layer
Confined
Aquifer
f
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Depth
100
10
200
20
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Cone of Depression
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Potentiometric
S f
Surface
off the
th
Deep Bedrock
A if S
Aquifer
System,
t
Fall 2000
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
EAST
Elevation (ft)
Elevation (ft)
1000
1000
DeKalb
800
Elburn
Geneva
800
Elmhurst
Bellwood
Industrial site
in Chi cago
600
600
400
400
200
200
St. Peter
Ss
- 200
-200
- 400
-400
- 600
- 800
Ironton
-Galesviil
le
Ss
-600
-800
-1000
-1000
-1200
-1200
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
Ellevation abov
ve Sea Level (feet)
500
400
300
200
100
Oswego #3
0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future
2007 Priority Places Workshop: Implementing a Sustainable Water Supply for Kane Countys Future