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potentiometric surface

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potentiometric surface [pə¦ten·chē·ə¦me·trik ′sər·fəs]
(hydrology)
An imaginary surface that represents the static head of groundwater and is defined by the level to which water will rise. Also known as isopotential level; piezometric surface; pressure surface.


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Water level monitoring data showed a potentiometric surface decline of almost thirty feet between 1943 and 1996 in one 416 ft-deep Hattiesburg Formation aquifer on Camp Shelb y, and similar declines in this aquifer elsewhere in Perry County.
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