tailieunhanh - HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY – ISSUES, DETERMINATION AND APPLICATIONS

Hydraulic conductivity is the most important property of geological formations as the flow of fluids and movement of solutes depend on it. Among fluids, water and contaminant migration beneath, the ground surface have become critical for water resource development, agriculture, site restoration and waste disposal strategies. Furthermore, planning of regional water supply schemes based on groundwater pumping and numerical groundwater flow modelling depend on hydraulic conductivity for accurate prediction of future groundwater availability, well performance, predicting groundwater decline, effect of rainfall variability etc., | HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY - ISSUES DETERMINATION AND APPLICATIONS Edited by Lakshmanan Elango Hydraulic Conductivity - Issues Determination and Applications Edited by Lakshmanan Elango Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license which permits to copy distribute transmit and adapt the work in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. As for readers this license allows users to download copy and build upon published chapters even for commercial purposes as long as the author and publisher are properly credited which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Mirna Cvijic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright Arvind Balaraman 2011. Used under license from First published October 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Hydraulic Conductivity - Issues Determination and Applications Edited by Lakshmanan Elango p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-288-3 ikrrr iJ OPEN ACCESS INI Cvn PUBLISHER .