How Are Water Springs Formed?
Springs Humanity has long depended on groundwater, both for sustaining life and for agriculture. Cities, towns and settlements are often founded near a reliable and clean source of groundwater. Perhaps the most interesting of groundwater sources is the spring or seep, in which pressurized groundwater emerges in a steady flow. A spring may be either ephemeral or perennial, which is to say temporary or continuous, but all springs are the result of an underground water source known as an aquifer. Aquifers An aquifer consists of an underground area of porous rock or particulate matter into which water has flown or seeped. Aquifers occur with varying degrees of depth and volume, and are often used by humans as water sources. If you’ve ever taken a drink from a well or had a bottle of spring water, then you’ve had water from an aquifer. The water table is the the top level of an aquifer, which changes according to factors such as rainfall and geologic movement. When the water table reaches a
