What would you drink? The water from a surface water source or from a ground water source. Clean water is expensive. As you can find tons of bottled water in Walmart and other stores.There are many countries in the world where everybody does not get to drink clean water everyday. [Continue]

Ground water Vs. Surface water: Few points to think about water use a] Some reasons why ground water is often more desirable than surface water: Avaibility: Ground water storage is often orders of magnitude greater than the surface water. This is particularly true for alluvial aquifers (shallow aquifers comprised of unconsolidated sediments) and [Continue]

Classification schemes of Water – The detalied classification system There are multiple different ways to classify water, such as by discipline, by origin, by salinity, and by chemical properties. In this article we will discuss the first 3 major classification scheme of water. A. Classification of water by decipline: Ground water: usually [Continue]

Various concentration units used in ground water geochemistry: – Molality: moles of solute per kilogram of solvent – Molarity: moles of solute per liter of solution Molarity = Molality for dilute solutions. Not valid for brines. – ppm: parts per million - ppb: parts per billion – Conc. in ppm = Conc. in mmol/kg x [Continue]