Potentiometric surface
A potentiometric surface is the imaginary plane where a given
hydraulic principles. For example, two connected storage tanks with one full and one empty will gradually fill/drain to the same level. This is because of atmospheric pressure and gravity. This idea is heavily used in city water supplies - a tall water tower containing the water supply
has a great enough potentiometric surface to provide flowing water at a decent pressure to the houses it supplies.
For
Contour maps
and profiles of the potentiometric surface can be prepared from the well data.
See also
References
- Earth: Portrait of a Planet; Second edition; Stephen Marshak, 2005 W.W. Norton & Company, Inc (Page 604–605)
- ISBN 978-1-4051-2143-9.
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