Groundwater and Surface Water

  1) In Activity 1, how did the water level of the “water table” from a normal reservoir compare to a well that had gone through a period of high withdrawal?   2) How does this experiment show the interconnectedness of groundwater and surface water within a system?   3) How is recharge being shown in the last step of Activity 1?   4) In Activity 2, does the groundwater ever become contaminated from the industrial waste pipe flowing into the reservoir?   If so, when?   5) Describe a scenario using point source pollution (other than the one in Activity 2) that would affect both a reservoir and a groundwater source.         6) How did the impermeable surface affect the movement of the fertilizer washed away by the rain in Activity 3? 7) Was any contamination seen in the well uphill? 8) How did the fertilizer affect the pond and the well downhill?