5 articles
Learn source-water and hydrologic-cycle fundamentals, including precipitation, runoff, infiltration, recharge, watersheds, groundwater and surface-water interaction, source variability, contamination pathways, and treatment implications.
Learn groundwater fundamentals, including aquifers, porosity, permeability, confined and unconfined conditions, recharge, discharge, groundwater flow, water-table changes, vulnerability, and wellhead protection.
Learn well operation fundamentals, including static and pumping water levels, drawdown, specific capacity, well yield, recovery, pump setting, well interference, overpumping, sand production, and troubleshooting.
Learn surface-water source fundamentals, including rivers, lakes, reservoirs, intakes, seasonal stratification and turnover, algae, turbidity, debris, source variability, and operator troubleshooting.
Learn source-water protection, contamination pathways, point and nonpoint sources, wellhead and watershed protection, baseline monitoring, spill response, and operator actions for unusual source-water conditions.