EARTH SCIENCE
GROUNDWATER
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It depends upon the porosity of the underground rock.
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It depends upon the pH of the groundwater.
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It depends upon the underground depth of the storage system.
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It depends upon the temperature of the underground rock.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The amount of water a material can hold is directly related to the porosity since water will try and fill the empty spaces in a material. We measure porosity by the percentage of empty space that exists within a particular porous media.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the amount of water that can be stored in an aquifer depends on the porosity, it is the permeability of an aquifer that determines the rate at which ground water can move.
Detailed explanation-3: -The total volume of open space in which the groundwater can reside is porosity. Porosity determines the amount of water that a rock or sediment can contain. In sediments or sedimentary rocks the porosity depends on grain size, the shapes of the grains, and the degree of sorting, and the degree of cementation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The porosity of a rock varies because of the size of the grains in the rock and the shape of the grains. Another factor that affects the porosity of a rock is whether or not there is any material in the rock (or cement) to fill in the gaps between pore spaces and hold the grains together.
Detailed explanation-5: -The amount of water an aquifer can hold depends on the volume of the underground rock materials and the size and number of pores and fractures that can fill with water.