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A Compendious Discussion of Groundwater Development
The author does a great job discussing aquifer properties, the hydrologic cycle, movement of groundwater, exploration, well hydraulics etc..The book presents information on transmissivity, well yield, storage, time-drawdown, and distance draw-down graphs for confined and unconfined conditions and how to use them.Also the sections on different drilling methods, well design and development I have found useful.Graphs, charts, and pictures are in color which is a nice change from black and white.I would recommend this book to any pofessional interested in groundwater exploration and movement.

A fundamental reference for groundwater development
Originally published in 1966, this large book (almost 1100 pages) is acomprehensive reference for all aspects of the development of groundwaterresources, with a particular strength in the subjects of water well design,construction, and testing.An essential reference, interesting reading,and the retail price is a bargain.The book is published by JohnsonFiltration (now U.S. Filter / Vivende) and may have a bias toward the wellscreeen design originated by Johnson, but that does not detract from thevalue of the book.

Groundwater and Wells
Groundwater and Wells is a very well written, comprehensive reference book that should be on the desk of everyone who works in the groundwater field. The book is well illustrated and the Appendicies alone are well worth theprice of the book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Groundwater    2. Hydrology    3. Water Supply And Treatment    4. Wells   

Subjects:  1. Analysis    2. Chemistry - Analytic    3. Earth Sciences - Oceanography    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Sea Water    7. Seawater    8. Analytical chemistry    9. Marine biology    10. Oceanography (seas)    11. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    12. Science / Chemistry / Analytic   

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The book all aquatic chemists should keep on reading
Stumm and Morgan remains the best aquatic chemical book ever written. Reference Yes, Teaching Text, No
This book is an excellent reference text for people who already know something about aquatic chemistry. It contains more material and covers more topics than any other book in the field. As a teaching text, however, it is severely lacking. Excellent reference book for chem. & physics of nat. systems
This book is an excellent reference. It presents a thorough discussion ofa complex topic. The authors provide many worked examples, with allrequired numeric inputs and resutls, that permit the reader to quicklyverify his or her understanding of the material. The consistent and properuse of units throughout the book is refreshing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. Chemistry - Organic    3. Fish    4. Marine Life    5. Military Science    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Water chemistry    9. Environmental science    10. Hydrology (freshwater)    11. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    12. Sanitary & municipal engineering    13. Technology / Military Science   

Editorial Review

In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, Read more

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Synchronicity???
Is this book, a worthwhile read, an attempt to close the book on shady goings-on in Woburn of the 1960s?Were some children in this case treated for leukemia using cutting edge techniques of the day,such as bone marrow transplants, and some of those children survived only to be tormented because of their unexpected survival?
Just a an ending, not a beginning!
This is a necessary book which does a public service by highlighting the repercussions of poor environmental stewardship. It does not, however, indicate the extent of a broader mystery behind the events in Woburn and Middlesex county itself, respectively.
An inside track on the legal process
Insanely detailed.The author shadowed Mr. Schlichtmann throughout the entire course of the case, giving the reader unprecedented insight into what goes on behind the scenes during litigation.I can see why law classes use the book.A must read for anyone going into law school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1936?-    2. Anderson, Anne,    3. Boston    4. Civil Procedure    5. Contamination    6. Drinking water    7. Groundwater    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal System    10. Massachusetts    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Pollution    13. Sociology    14. Torts    15. Trials (Toxic torts)    16. Trials, litigation, etc    17. W.R. Grace & Co    18. Woburn    19. Anderson, Anne    20. Law / Environmental    21. Law for the lay person    22. Schlichtmann, Jan    23. Reading Group Guide   

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Practical Design Calculations for Groundwater and Soil Remediation
Great book, very concise.Step by step way of calculating GW problems.Must have for GW and environmental Engineers

Practical Design Calculations for Groundwater and Soil
The concepts covered in this text are fairly well explained.Chapter 2 focuses on characterization and remedial investigation.This section can be useful for those who do UST investigations and soil removal.Here the author runs through the steps used to determine mass and volume of soil excavated from a tank pit and mass and concentration of excavated soil.There are also many useful subsections describing the procedure for determining mass and mole fractions of gasoline components, contamination in the vadose zone, etc..The author also presents calculations for determining well volume for groundwater sampling.Chapter three covers plume migration in groundwater and soil and the author covers such topics as transmissivity, specific yield and storativity.These topics are not covered in great detail.Aquifer tests are covered and some simple examples are used demonstrating the Theis Method, Cooper-Jacob Straight Line method and Distance-Drawdown method.Not a lot of detail in these sections.Remaining chapters cover mass balance, vadose zone and soil remediation, groundwater remediation and VOC air treatment.Overall a good reference text with a great deal of applicable information.

A "must have" for environmental professionals!
Extremely concise reference that has taken the place of over twenty books on my shelf at work!I only worry I may wear out the spine before my second copy arrives! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering Mathematics    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Groundwater    4. Groundwater Pollution    5. Mathematics    6. Problems, exercises, etc    7. Purification    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Soil remediation    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Environmental science    13. Pollution of land & crops    14. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    15. Science / Environmental Science   

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Hang on it!
Ihave been using this book for about five years without a single complain. The book has not only enough theory to deal with probably the 80 or perhaps 90 percent of the typical day-to-day dewaterning problems that we found in our industry, but it also teach you the ways to cope them. Read more

Subjects:  1. Building sites    2. Construction - General    3. Drainage    4. Drainage (Hydraulic Engineering)    5. Engineering - Civil    6. Engineering Geology    7. Groundwater flow    8. Soil mechanics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Sanitary & municipal engineering    12. Soil & rock mechanics    13. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

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Good, could be better
As teacher of an Environmental Engineering course (at Ariel Academic College, Israel) and as consulting engineer, I find the book useful, but... Some areas are weak: Population and demand prognosis, Resource planning, Economic evaluation and optimization, Advanced water treatment (membrane and ion exchange technologies, for example), Desalination of brackish and sea water. Each chapter has a well explained exercise, a very useful feature, but most are non metric. All in all, I know of no better textbook, and it is worth its money.

water and waste
The book is very easy reading and understandable, but it does not have answers to the work problems which is most important. It has a good balance of theory and applications. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Hydrology    2. Engineering - Hydraulic    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Science    5. Management    6. Purification    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Sewage    9. Sewage Disposal And Treatment    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Water    13. Water Supply And Treatment    14. Water-supply    15. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    16. Science / Earth Sciences / Hydrology    17. Water supply & treatment   

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Geochemistry of Natural Waters
I had used this text book for a graduate class in Chemical Hydrogeology while doing my Masters.I found this to be a very poor text to use.The textbook presents a very qaulitative approach to geochemistry of natural waters and does not lend itself to quanititative problem solving.I purchased other texts on ths subject so that I could cross-reference and determine how to setup problems for equilibrium chemistry.I would not recommend use of this text.

Needs Work
This book does not lend itself to an introductory class in geochemistry for the graduate student.The material does not present comprehensive derivations of calculations, but relies on prior knowledge and assumption not generally available,or known by the graduate student first being introduced to Geochemistry.The majority of the book is normally only comprehensable to the student after the material has been described by persons knowledgable in the subject mater.In other word this book is worthless to read prior to the lecture on the subject mater.Furthermore, the appendices are full of errors and contradictions to other references, and the book has numerous typos and difficult language constructs that make the text incomprehensible at times.I hope there is a better book for the introductory graduate class in geochemistry out there, because this book does not cut it.

Valuable Reference for Aqueous Geochemistry Concepts
Drever's has long been a valuable reference in my own work and in the classes I teach. It is one of several references I use for understanding geochemical processes. The first sentence of the preface states that the text is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses. I first used this text when I took Aqueous Geochem in grad school and it really made a difference in understanding applications. Spend an hour with Stumm and Morgan and then look at Drever. You'll almost see the lightbulb go on over your head. The example calculations are great and the addition of the geochemical models enhance the applicability of the text.Read more

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Geochemistry    5. Hydrogeology    6. Hydrology    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Water chemistry    10. Hydrology (freshwater)    11. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    12. Science / Chemistry / General   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Engineering & Technology    2. Environmental Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Water Resources Engineering    7. Water Supply    8. Water Supply And Treatment    9. Water quality    10. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    11. Technology / Environmental   

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Great book but the cover fell off due to poor binding
A great book for explaining the essentials of groundwater modeling including governing equations and statistical evaluation of numeric modeling. I just wish the publisher could produce a book that the coverdidn't fall off within the first couple months of use.

Great content but poor binding
This text was used in my groundwater modeling class and was useful and instructive specifically for GMS and MODFLOW.The binding split after normal use during the quarter to almost every student enrolled in thecourse.

A great preview of modeling methodology
This text outlines the basic principles and problems faced by younggroundwater modelers.The comprehensive interpretation of commonchallenges are handled with reference to real case studies.Basicsteady-state groundwater modeling is supplimented with transient examples. It is a great text for any groundwater modeling class at the undergraduateor graduate level. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - General    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Engineering - Civil    4. General    5. Groundwater flow    6. Nature    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Simulation methods    10. Underground Water    11. Geology & the lithosphere    12. Hydrology (freshwater)    13. Science / Earth Sciences   

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Groundwater
Overall a very good book. This is the text our Hydrogeology professor, Dr.J.Toth used in the 80's. It covers a great deal of information on facies,flow nets, hydrologic cycle, chemical evolution, groundwater resource evaluation, contamination, groundwater processes and a really good section on chemical principles and mass action. This is not a quantitative text, the discussions on finite difference and finite element methods include very little math. I would have also liked to have seen a better discussion of well hydraulics. I still turn to it for a reference as it is a very useful book.

A rigorous and quantitative basic reference
This is a good complement to "Groundwater Hydrology" by Todd. Freeze and Cherry is more detailed, rigorous, and quantitative than Todd,but it doesn't communicate the big picture quite as well. As well as anundergraduate textbook, this book is an essential resource for anyoneworking in the field.

The "bible" of groundwater
Despite the fact that this book was written almost twenty years ago, it is still considered the definitive work on groundwater geology. A must-have for hydrogeologists and groundwater engineers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. General    3. Groundwater    4. Nature    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Hydrology (freshwater)    8. Science / Geology   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Environmental Science    4. Groundwater tracers    5. Hydrology    6. Radioactive tracers in hydroge    7. Radioactive tracers in hydrogeology    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Geology & the lithosphere    11. Mechanics of fluids    12. Science / Environmental Science    13. Science / Geology    14. Science-Environmental Science    15. Technology-Environmental Engineering & Technology    16. The Environment   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Engineering - General    3. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General    4. Environmental Engineering & Technology    5. Environmental Science    6. Groundwater    7. Groundwater Pollution    8. Oil pollution of groundwater    9. Purification    10. Science    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. Water Purification    14. Water Supply    15. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    16. Sanitary & municipal engineering    17. Science / Environmental Science   

Subjects:  1. Drinking water    2. Engineering - Hydraulic    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology    5. Microbiological Chemistry    6. Microbiology    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Sewage    9. Sewage Disposal And Treatment    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Water Microbiology    13. Hydrobiology    14. Microbial ecology    15. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    16. Reference works    17. Science / Microbiology    18. Waste treatment & disposal    19. Water supply & treatment   

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A useful reference for the practicing hydrogeologist
The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests is a text which walks the reader through all the necessary steps for obtaining information about the transmissive nature of formations through slug testing.Butler givesnot only a theoretical understanding of the slug test in this book, but healso gives many caveats and pitfalls which may be encountered when usingthe method.Butler explains to the reader which field methods and analysismethods are best suited for various situations.He also gives specialreccomendations for formations of high and low hydraulic conductivity. This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover, but is an excellentreference for the field hydrogeologist.The topic is limited in scope - afact which allows the coverage of the material to be superb. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aquifers    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Earth Sciences - Hydrology    4. Geological Research    5. Groundwater flow    6. Measurement    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Testing    10. Underground Water    11. Wells    12. Environmental science    13. Nature / Water Supply    14. Soil science, sedimentology   

Subjects:  1. Dense nonaqueous phase liquids    2. Environmental Engineering & Technology    3. Environmental Science    4. Environmental aspects    5. Hazardous Waste Disposal And Treatment    6. Hazardous waste sites    7. Life Sciences - Ecology - Recycling    8. Nature/Ecology    9. Science    10. Pollution of rivers & water supplies    11. Science / Environmental Science    12. Water supply & treatment   

Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Groundwater    4. Inverse problems (Differential    5. Inverse problems (Differential equations)    6. Mathematical Models    7. Probability & Statistics - General    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Underground Water    11. Geology & the lithosphere    12. Hydrology (freshwater)    13. Science / Geology   

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excellent book on analytic methods in groundwater
This book is probably one of the best and most thorough books on analytic methods in groundwater (as opposed to finite-element and -difference methods).It is probably the most recent too, since most books on this subject date from the 60's or 70's.
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Subjects:  1. Engineering Fluid Mechanics    2. Engineering Models    3. General    4. Geology    5. Groundwater flow    6. Mathematical models    7. Nature / Field Guide Books    8. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Data processing    2. Earth Sciences - Geology    3. Groundwater    4. Groundwater flow    5. Mathematical models    6. Pollution    7. Science    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Science / Geology   

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3D-Groundwater Modeling with PMWIN
PMWIN is a robust simulation system capable of modeling groundwater flow and solute transport.It is easy to use and import figures of differing formats.The GUI (graphical user interface) is user friendly.The text presents all the information, graphics and illustrations of the GUI making it easy to understand and use.I highly recommend this program.

3D-Groundwater Modeling with PMWIN
I was using earlier version of pmwin and 3-d visualisation was missing. Therefore I always in preferred to work with Visual Modflow with 3-D explorer and GMS. Now using version 5 of PMWIN with 3-D explorer, I was thrilled. Really it is wounderful and quite simple. I do not find it is less than other counter part Commercial Software. Its 3-D explorer is better than Visual Modflow 3-d explorer.

excellent primary text with latest software from start 2 end
To learn the groundwater modeling techniques, the students or the professionals needthe suitable software and the textbook which explaines clearly the theory and the used software.The book must explaine the procedures step by step and from start to to the end.But nowadays, if you have not enough money to purchase the commercial modflow based software, it is a pity that you have to learn MODFLOW codes.It was the undesriable things.Hydrogeological modeling means interpretation.But there is no possibility to see visual something among the codes.I created the input and as a result output errors during the simulations with codes at the beginning.There is a good words in computer technology; Gap In Gap Out.It summurizes the best what i meant.Definitely all hydrogeologists have to know all background informations on groundwater modeling techniques and the structure of used softwares. But i think, groundwater modeling is more than a science, it is a art which must have a visual effect.So that I have looked for the best groundwater modeling book and the software since 1991.At the end, i have found, what i have ever looked for. This is this book which combines the latest modeling techniques and the latest modeling software.You can learn the latest modeling techniques written by the leading teaching experts and creators of PMWIN.This 344 pages textbook walks the practising engineers or students through the modeling process from start to finish.You don't need any other additional tool.This book has also the best groundwater modeling and contaminant transport modeling software. Especially it is the best learning asistance with example problems for the students and practising professionals. Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Science    2. Computer simulation    3. Earth Sciences - Geology    4. Engineering - Civil    5. Groundwater    6. Groundwater flow    7. Hydraulics    8. Pollution    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Environmental Sciences    12. Geohydrology    13. Geology & the lithosphere    14. Hydrogeology    15. Hydrology    16. Mathematics and Science    17. Mechanics of fluids    18. Science / Geology    19. Simulation