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As part of the hydrological cycle (Subs. 1.1.1), water from precipitation infiltrates through ground surface and percolates, primarily downward, through the unsaturated zone, or vadose zone, until it reaches a water table. The source of the infiltrating water may also be irrigation, or infiltration ponds for the purpose of artificially recharging an underlying aquifer.
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Bear, J.J., Cheng, HD.A. (2010). Groundwater Motion. In: Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport. Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6682-5_4
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