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Groundwater
Surface water

 All sources of water

groundwater or
surface
  When it rains, some
of deep inside the
ground collects there.

are filled either with

water.
the water goes or sips
or below the soil and

 The water that is

found
 called GROUNDWATER.
 Some of the sources of
tube well, hand pump
and
deep inside the ground is

groundwater are wells,

tap.
 The water that is
found
surface.
 All the natural sources
water such as
rivers
on top of the ground or

of water have surface

lakes, seas and oceans.
 When snow in the
becomes surface water.
 Both the groundwater
filled by rain.
 Rain is the main
source
surface water.
mountain melts, it
and surface water
are

of both groundwater and

SOURCES OF WATER
Water source is considered
when choosing a site for
the most important factor
an aquaculture facility.

Many undesirable chemi

associated with certain
to a lack of background
of water used.

cal and environtal

factors
fish farms can be
traced
information on the
source
When choosing a good
helpful to know what
source and how
the
the future.
water source. It will be
charactizes an
“ideal”
source may be affected
in
 First. the source must
excessive nutrients,
metals.
 Second, is the
volumes of water
fish farms.
be uncontaminated from
chemicals or heavy
availability of the large
necessary for commercial
There are two main
fishponds.
Groundwater – is the
in the cracks and spaces
stored in and moves

sources of water
for
water found underground
in soil, sand and rock. It
is
slowly through
geologic
formations of soil, sand
Groundwater can
be
and rocks called
aquifers.
found almost everywhere.
Surface water – is any
the Earth’s surface,
saltwater in the
ocean
rivers, streams, and
body of water found on
including both the
and the freshwater in
lakes.
Different Kinds of
the Water
Fishponds According to
Source
1. Ponds can be fed by
groundwater:
 1.1. Spring-water ponds
are supplied from a spring
either in the pond or very close
to it. The water supply may
vary throughout the year but
the quality of the water is
usually constant.
1.2. Seepage ponds
are supplied from the water-
table by seepage into the
pond. The water level in the
pond will vary with the level of
the water-table.
2. Rain-fed ponds
are supplied from rainfall and
surface runoff. No water is supplied
during the dry season. These ponds
are often small depressions in
impermeable soil, with a dike built
at the lower side to retain more
water.
3. Ponds can be fed from
a water body
such as a stream, a lake, a
reservoir or an irrigation canal.
3.1 Fed
Directly (e.g. barrage ponds),
by water running straight out
from the water body to the
ponds
3.2 Fed Indirectly
(e.g. diversion ponds), by
water entering a channel from
which controlled amounts can
be fed to the ponds.
4. Pump-feds ponds
are normally higher than the
water level and can be supplied
from a well, spring, lake,
reservoir or irrigation canal, by
pumping.