Porous sandstone aquifer

Porous sandstone aquifer

Precipitation

RunoffRunoff

Slurry tank

Tailings pile

Leachate

Runoff

TranspirationEvaporation

Transpiration

RiverCrop dusting

Runoff

Manure spreading

Septic system

Privatewell Sand & gravel aquifer

Zone of saturation

Livestock waste storage pit

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Irrigation

Infiltration

Infiltration Zone of aeration

Water table

Municipal well

Zone of saturation

Sand & gravel aquifer

Lake

Wetland

Infiltration

Zone of aeration

Water table

Construction erosion

Underground storage tank

Abandoned mine shaft

Hazardous waste

Sanitary landfill

Municipal sewage treatment plant

Roadsalt

Soil erosion

Direction of groundwater movement

Human induced impacts on groundwater

Creviced limestone aquifer

Creviced limestone aquifer

Direction of groundwater movement

Natural processes

Evaporation

Evaporation

Transpiration

Evaporation

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