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groundwater
[ground-waw-ter, -woter]
noun
the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
groundwater
Water that collects or flows beneath the Earth's surface, filling the porous spaces in soil, sediment, and rocks. Groundwater originates from rain and from melting snow and ice and is the source of water for aquifers, springs, and wells. The upper surface of groundwater is the water table.
groundwater
Water that seeps through the soil or rocks underground.
Word History and Origins
Origin of groundwater1
Example Sentences
But the rapid urbanisation has also exposed Mogadishu to infrastructure challenges - it lacks a proper sewage system and unregulated borehole drilling risks depleting groundwater reserves.
If it is drained down the sink, it can damage pipes and contaminate groundwater, and when it is tossed by the side of the road, it can contaminate freshwater and crops many communities rely on.
As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers.
The researchers estimated that pumping from wells has drained about 34 cubic kilometers, or 28 million acre-feet, of groundwater in the watershed since 2003 — more than twice the amount of water that has been depleted from the river’s reservoirs during that time.
They estimated that annual groundwater losses in the Colorado River Basin have averaged more than 1.2 million acre-feet — about four times larger than the amount of water the Las Vegas area is entitled to take from the Colorado River each year.
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