Water table definition

Water table means the upper surface of a zone of saturation, where the body of ground water is not confined by an overlying impermeable zone.
Water table means the upper surface of the ground water, whether permanent or seasonal. Also see "ground water."
Water table means the surface of an unconfined aquifer where the pore water pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure.

Examples of Water table in a sentence

  • Water table elevation is measured from the soil surface downward to the upper level of saturated soil or up to the free water level.

  • Water table elevations shall be calculated to determine groundwater gradient and direction of flow.

  • Water table in the bore hole shall be carefully recorded and reported following BS 5930.

  • Water table elevation – the upper surface of the groundwater or that level below which the soil or underlying rock material is wholly saturated with water.

  • Water table elevations shall be established from a benchmark or other fixed point of reference located on the property or within reasonable proximity to it.


More Definitions of Water table

Water table means the upper surface of a zone of saturation.
Water table means that surface in an unconfined aquifer at which the pressure is atmospheric. It is defined by the levels at which water stands in wells that penetrate the aquifer just far enough to hold standing water.
Water table means the surface of the ground water at which the pressure is atmospheric. Generally this is the top of the saturated zone.
Water table means the upper surface of the zone of saturation in ground waters in which the hydrostatic pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure.
Water table means the surface in an unconfined aquifer at which the pressure is atmospheric. The water table is found at the level at which water stands in wells that penetrate the aquifer.
Water table means the surface of the saturated zone below which all interconnected voids are filled with water and at which the pressure is atmospheric.
Water table means the water surface below the ground at which the unsaturated zone ends and the saturated zone begins.