Ruddy, Barbara C. and Williams, Robert S., Jr., 1991. Selcraig, Bruce, 1996. U.S. Geological Survey Water Investigations Report 93-4209. Definitions artesian water - water from an artesian aquifer. An artesian aquifer is an aquifer that contains water under pressure that will flow readily from the aquifer without pumping.
Hydraulic conductivity is a function of the sediment through which water travels.
The water level in the unconfined aquifer is the water table. Environmental Hydrology , Lewis Publishers, New York.