GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most groundwater comes from precipitation. Precipitation infiltrates below the ground surface into the soil zone.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most groundwater originates as meteoric water from precipitation in the form of rain or snow. If it is not lost by evaporation, transpiration or to stream runoff, water from these sources may infiltrate into the ground.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surface water collects on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, reservoir, or ocean. Surface water is constantly evaporating out of water bodies, seeping into ground water supplies, and being replenished by rain and snow. A spring is where ground water comes to the surface and becomes surface water.

Detailed explanation-4: -Groundwater and surface water are interconnected; groundwater becomes surface water when it discharges to surface water bodies. Most streams keep flowing during the dry summer months because groundwater discharges into them from the zone of saturation-this flow is called baseflow.