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Top of the Aquifer

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028222

In unconfined (water table) aquifers, the uppermost elevation of water, accounting for temporal variations, as long as the water table occurs in the materials used as an aquifer. In confined aquifers, the top of the geologic material producing water.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028222
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesHazard Ranking System Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028222",
  "term": "Top of the Aquifer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "In unconfined (water table) aquifers, the uppermost elevation of water, accounting for temporal variations, as long as the water table occurs in the materials used as an aquifer. In confined aquifers, the top of the geologic material producing water.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Hazard Ranking System Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/top-of-the-aquifer/"
}

Record 28,222 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.