Image Gallery
Illustrations from Groundwater – Our Hidden Asset
These illustrations are taken from the UK Groundwater Forum's book ‘Groundwater - our hidden asset’. The images were created by Chris Wardle of the British Geological Survey and the copyright is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). On behalf of NERC, BGS confirms that permission is freely granted for their use in academic and non-commercial publications or presentations provided the wording "UK Groundwater Forum" is included on the image. Charges may apply to commercial use.
For any queries relating to the use of these illustrations, please contact the UK Groundwater Forum Secretariat.
Groundwater levels in the Chalk of East Anglia
Profile of subsurface water
A hydrograph of the River Pang in Berkshire showing the groundwater component
A hydrograph of the groundwater level in the Chalk measured in a well at Chilgrove in the South Downs
The use of groundwater
The relationship between specific yield, specific retention and porosity
Distribution of the principal aquifers in the British Isles
Principal aquifers of the Younger Cover
Aquifers of the Older Cover above the 'impermeable basement'
Groundwater in the hydrological cycle
Section across northern England
The origin of the Bedhampton and Havant Springs
Section through Redgrave and Lopham Fen
Preserving the River Darent
Main areas of sea-water intrusion
The relationship between fresh and saline groundwater in a coastal aquifer
Seasonal abstraction patterns in the Chalk aquifer near Brighton
The hazards posing a threat to the quality of groundwater
The factors controlling the vulnerability of aquifers to pollution
Protection zones around a borehole
The proposed route of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link across Kent
Sources of water supply for Nottingham and the surrounding region
Distribution of nitrate in groundwater in the outcrop of the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone of Nottinghamshire in 1993
Pollution of the Chalk by the solvent tetrachloroethylene
The multi-barrier containment concept for the disposal of low-level and intermediate-level radioactive wastes
Cross-section of a modern landfill
Migration of a plume of leachate from a landfill
The frequency that particular contaminants occur in groundwater in England and Wales
The contamination of groundwater below an urban area in the Midlands
Dealing with groundwater contamination
Principal elements of the Lancashire Conjunctive Use Scheme
The operation of the Lancashire Conjunctive Use Scheme over a calendar year
Unconfined and confined aquifers
The drawdown of the water table around a pumping borehole to form a cone of depression
Age of groundwater
Stratification of groundwaters of different ages in the Triassic sandstones of the East Midlands of England
Schematic diagram of downgradient chemical changes in groundwater
The chemical composition of groundwater in the Chalk of the London Basin
Potential infiltration to the principal aquifers in the UK
Triassic sandstones aquifer in Shropshire
Artificial recharge of the Chalk in the Lee Valley
Artificial recharge of the Chalk in the Lee Valley
Sites of artificial recharge boreholes and wells in the Lee Valley
The origin of the thermal springs at Bath
Increasing river flow with groundwater
Comparison of replenishment and abstraction of groundwater for the principal aquifers of the UK
Section of a borehole showing a well screen and a gravel pack (or filter) in unconsolidated sands