We get so much water from underground rocks. Are there natural streams flowing underground?
Groundwater moves through porous rock formations, similar to water flowing through a sponge with interconnected pores. In nature, no space remains empty. Therefore, the pore space within the underground rock formations, no matter how small, remains filled either with air or water (sometimes oil and gas in deeper formations). Given a continuous supply, water enters [...] Read more
How are harmful elements like Iron, Arsenic, and Fluoride removed from drinking water?
Common methods of treating drinking water to remove/reduce the TDS and other harmful ions like Iron, Arsenic and Fluoride are Membrane separation Oxidation-flocculation-filtration Use absorbents such as activated alumina, activated carbon, chemical resins, etc. Any of the above techniques are used either exclusively or in combination, depending on the proposed usage and the size of [...] Read more
Why should a common person bother to understand groundwater?
We all are groundwater users. Farmers use it for irrigation, industries for production and a vast majority of the population use it for drinking and domestic purposes. Although a renewable resource, Groundwater is limited in its occurrence in time and space. The mindless pursuit for extracting more and more groundwater by all the users has [...] Read more