Building and Using a Groundwater Database

Part 1: Getting Started: Why and What Size 1. Groundwater Databases and Groundwater Protection 2. A Solution 3. The Bureaucracy 4. Getting Started at a Local Level Part 2: Database Backbone: Information from the Well Log 5. The Well Construction Record 6. Well Construction Data: Minimum Elements 7. Data Quality Decided at the Local Level Part 3: Methods: Mechanics of Well Log Mapping 8. Locating the Well 9. Mapping Systems 10. The Mapping Process Part 4: Tools: Hardware, Software, Experience 11. Rules of Thumb 12. A Minimal System 13. An Ideal System Part 5: Data Entry: Electronic Files 14. General Attributes of Electronic Databases 15. Selecting the Best Database Manager 16. Designing Your Database 17. Special Features of a Groundwater Database 18. An Example Well Construction Database 19. The Team Approach to Data Entry Part 6: Geology Of The Database Unit: What's Down There 20. The Cross-Section 21. An Example 22. The Static Water Level Contour Map 23. Groundwater Models 24. An Example Model: Aquipro 25. Summary of Tools for Studying Geology of the Database Part 7: The Water Chemistry Database: Measuring Water Quality 26. Selecting the Sites for Sampling 27. Review of the Data Part 8: Entry of Chemistry Results: Electronic Files 28. Common Issues in Groundwater Chemistry Databases 29. Groundwater Chemistry Minimum Data Elements Analysis of Data: How to Interpret the Results 30. Profiling the Water Chemistry 31. Statistics 32. Graphic Profiles 33. Geographic Distribution Part 9: Management of the Database: Electronic Libraries. Impact: Practical Uses