An aquifer needs to be porous and permeable - but what´s the difference? Porosity is the amount of void space in a rock or other earth material (like a sand deposit) - in other words, it´s how much water a material can hold.

Permeability refers to how well water flows through a material - that´s controlled by how large the pores are, and how well connected they are.

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