Ground Water General

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• Ground Water Flow System in Connecticut

• Aquifers

• The Hydrologic Cycle

• Groundwater Contamination

• What we can all do to reduce groundwater pollution

• Glossary

• Understanding Groundwater

• Management

• Wells

• Ground Water

  Information on ground water, water quality, aquifers, and water conservation.

• Protecting Connecticut's Groundwater

  Protecting Connecticut's Groundwater - A Guide for Local Officials was written in 1997 by Robert Hust and James Murphy of the Department of Environmental Protection's Water Bureau. The Guide provides the tools needed to understand groundwater protection and to communicate its importance to other local officials and citizens.

• Connecticut's Aquifers

  There are two basic aquifer types in Connecticut, those found in unconsolidated sediments and those in bedrock.