Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of liquid pressure above a vertical datum.. It is usually measured as a liquid surface elevation, expressed in units of length, at the entrance (or bottom) of a piezometer.In an aquifer, it can be calculated from the depth to water in a piezometric well (a specialized water well), and given information of the piezometer's …

Hydraulic conductivity, symbolically represented as , is a property of vascular plants, soils and rocks, that describes the ease with which a fluid (usually water) can move through pore spaces or fractures.It depends on the intrinsic permeability of the material, the degree of saturation, and on the density and viscosity of the fluid. Saturated hydraulic conductivity, K sat, describes water ...

The hydraulic head is a value that measures the amount of mechanical energy available in water in a river, stream or even lake. The hydraulic head is equivalent to the water level in a static (non-flowing) water body. In its simplest form hydraulic head is a measurement of the height of a static water column above an arbitrary point, usually expressed in meters (or feet in the US).