Thursday, April 9, 2009

What determines how much water an aquifer can hold?

What determines how much water an aquifer can hold?



what the surrounding bedrock is composed of.




The amount of empty space in the rock that contains the aquifer. This can be either through porosity of the rock/soil, compaction of the rock/soil, or fractures and joints in the rock/soil. The more empty space there is in a rock, the more water can fill it.




The surrounding bedrock.

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