Ridley Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,002 at the 2010 census. Ridley Park is the home of The Boeing Company's CH-47 Chinook helicopter division.[4]
10. Contaminated surface water can eventually enter groundwater and contaminate it. 11. Depending on the type of soil or rock, groundwater will flow at different rates. 12. Rain and snowmelt infiltrate (seep) into the ground to become groundwater. 1. False.
Surface Runoff If the amount of water falling on the ground is greater than the infiltration rate of the surface, runoff or overland flow will occur. Runoff specifically refers to the water leaving an area of drainage and flowing across the land surface to points of lower elevation.