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"Introducing Groundwater"
Reviewed by Ralph C. Heath, Consulting Hydrogeologist, 4821 Kilkenny Place, Raleigh, NC 27612 USA
This is the Second Edition of the book by Michael Price that was first published in 1985. It, like the First Edition, is intended by the author "to provide the non-specialist with a readable introduction to the subject." It is outstandingly successful in meeting this objective.
The title, Introducing Groundwater, will probably not catch the eye of many people who consider themselves ground-water specialists and who thus do not think they need an introduction to the subject. From their perspective, a better title might have been Understanding Groundwater. Work in the ground-water field has greatly expanded over the last couple of decades, as a result of public and private efforts to eliminate ground-water pollution. This has resulted in many people obtaining jobs in the field, including many former petroleum geologists, who lack the necessary education and training...