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DWR Home > Education and Technical Assistance > Ground Water Ground Water What is ground water and how does it flow? What is a sinkhole and why does ground water play a role in its formation? Who uses ground water in North Carolina? Thankfully, not everyone is a hydrogeologist -- will you teach me some of the basics? How do we analyze ground water? Just what is the monitoring well network? What are some common ground water terms? How do we use Time Domain ElectroMagnetic geophysics to learn about the subsurface? What are some characteristics of the aquifers of North Carolina? What ground water reports are available for North Carolina? Surface and ground water interaction during floods and droughts. Has land subsidence occurred as a result of ground water withdrawals?

NC Division of Water Resources, DENR - 1611 Mail Service Center - Raleigh, NC 27699-1611 Phone: (919)733-4064 - Fax: (919)733-3558	Last Modified: 02.22.2010