be thought of as separate entities. What relationship with the ground, it is more those trying to develop either water sources prone to contamination. Contamination of in many countries originally mistook is now surface water is caused by sources such as more understood as a close relationship, industrial waste, animal and human waste, which must be properly balanced for both to pesticides, fertilizers, and erosion. In function properly. Change in any of these countries with few resources of proper water sources will affect the quality and quantity purifying system, surface water is more of the other. likely to cause greater impact of diseases Groundwater is found below the than groundwater. earth’s surface in natural reservoirs. Groundwater is Resources: the product of surface water and is usually Winter, T. (1998). USGS Ground Water clear of many contaminants and bacteria that and Surface Water. In Ground Water and Surface Water a Single Resource.. could be found in surface water due to the Retrieved July 1, 2013, from . prolonged precipitation process that cleanse those contaminants out. Groundwater however does tend to contain minerals from rocks and thus chemicals such as pesticides or nitrates can be found in many of the ground water supplies. Almost all-surface water is from sources that interact closely with the atmosphere and are found in sources such as streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands and estuaries. Because surface water is in such interactive The Varzob source is in the Hissar River’s Mountain range, 72 km north of Dushanbe,
be thought of as separate entities. What those trying to develop either water sources in many countries originally mistook is now more understood as a close relationship, which must be properly balanced for both to function properly. Change in any of these sources will affect the quality and quantity of the other. Groundwater is found below the earth’s surface in natural reservoirs. Groundwater is the product of surface water and is usually clear of many contaminants and bacteria that could be found in surface water due to the prolonged precipitation process that cleanse those contaminants out. Groundwater however does tend to contain minerals from rocks and thus chemicals such as pesticides or nitrates can be found in many of the ground water supplies. Almost all-surface water is from sources that interact closely with the atmosphere and are found in sources such as streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands and estuaries. Because surface water is in such interactive relationship with the ground, it is more prone to contamination. Contamination of surface water is caused by sources such as industrial waste, animal and human waste, pesticides, fertilizers, and erosion. In countries with few resources of proper water purifying system, surface water is more likely to cause greater impact of diseases than groundwater. Resources: Winter, T. (1998). USGS Ground Water and Surface Water. In Ground Water and Surface Water a Single Resource.. Retrieved July 1, 2013, from . The Varzob River’s source is in the Hissar Mountain range, 72 km north of Dushanbe,