"Going to groundwater and mining groundwater is not sustainable, because groundwater is not like some giant Lake Michigan under Arizona," he told me.
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It's entered the groundwater of these regions, it's seeping into the groundwater even here.
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In 1980, Arizona became the first state to pass groundwater reform, effectively deeming groundwater a public rather than a private resource.
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The deficit is met by overexploitation of deeper groundwater by farmers using nearly 1.4 million tube wells, which exacerbates the loss of more accessible groundwater.
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For months, people living in communities with contaminated groundwater have asked the E.P.A. to push for cleanup, concerned that groundwater will eventually become drinking water.
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As their results show, it's especially helpful to use two policies — increasing solar and wind energy as well as regulations on groundwater — simultaneously to ensure the sustainability of groundwater.
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Local development and groundwater pumping have contributed to the groundwater table falling since 2010 by more than 50 feet in parts of La Paz County, 130 miles west of Phoenix.
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It involves developing better monitoring systems to measure where subsidence is worst and groundwater extraction heaviest, raising awareness of the dangers, and undertaking mitigation measures such as regulating groundwater usage.
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Nearly every large government building also draws on deep groundwater wells, even though many have piped water, because groundwater is free for public buildings in Jakarta, according to Dutch think tank Deltares.
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Most of the contamination is in groundwater, meaning DOD will have to pump groundwater, treat out and then refill the aquifer, a process that will need to be replicated at site after site.
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As a result, California passed a law requiring water users to organise themselves into local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs), with the aim of bringing groundwater use to sustainable levels by the early 2040s.
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Irradiated groundwater tanks being measured for radiation at Fukushima Daiichi.
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And the groundwater levels have dropped drastically over the years.
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Miners are constantly sloshing through puddles from the seeping groundwater.
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Put it into unlined landfills and it can contaminate groundwater.
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Lawmakers open groundwater fight against bottled water companies, Stateline reports.
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Indian farmers use more groundwater than America and China combined.
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Alarmed by water scarcity, it wants to reduce groundwater extraction.
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Animal agriculture also contributes to water scarcity and groundwater pollution.
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That happens if the nitroaromatic compounds are in the groundwater.
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Groundwater, snowmelt and rainfall fill this lake during the fall.
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If pumping of groundwater is excessive, the shoreline moves downward.
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"The cenotes as karst windows expose the groundwater," Brankovits explained.
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Since the 2011 disaster, groundwater seeps into the reactors daily.
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Scientists say that the chemical can travel miles in groundwater.
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Pollution to groundwater from industrial waste can also harm health.
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Groundwater is a renewable resource, replenished through the hydrologic cycle.
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List the factors that may cause a decline in groundwater.
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Now Ms. Jackson is overseeing an ambitious groundwater recharge project.
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In a few places, groundwater collects in salty, acidic pools.
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"There are no current regulatory standards regarding groundwater," she noted.
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"We're using this fossil groundwater in unsustainable ways," he said.
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Thermal infrared image of groundwater discharge revealing differences in water temperatures.
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Long-term, the state needs plans to manage its groundwater better.
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"This has had a huge impact on groundwater supplies," says Jacob.
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If the groundwater is exhausted, millions will have to move again.
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Three groundwater monitoring wells surrounding the plant have reported radioactive samples.
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She is a victim of the over-exploitation of India's groundwater.
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Almost 19603% of India's irrigation needs are now met from groundwater.
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It also turned India into the world's biggest extractor of groundwater.
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Groundwater is essential to ensure farmers can grow enough food crops.
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When groundwater decreases and there is no rainfall, rivers dry up.
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There are two kinds of water sources: groundwater and surface water.
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These mines also use millions of gallons of groundwater every day.
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The remaining groundwater district member, a rancher named Tom Beard, stayed.
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Eventually the groundwater will come in and flush whatever's left out.
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The water supply, largely groundwater, is being rapidly depleted and polluted.
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The rapid extraction of groundwater is causing the landscape to sink.
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The resulting groundwater replenishment increases availability of water for various uses.
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These wastes contaminated soil, groundwater, and surface water with hazardous chemicals.
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Californian law allows landowners to use the groundwater under their property.
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Countries like the U.S. identify and protect their groundwater recharge zones.
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About 54% of India's groundwater wells are declining, and 21 major cities are expected to run out of groundwater as early as next year, posing a threat to food security, according to the NITI Aayog report.
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Some reports show unexpectedly high levels of radioactivity in the groundwater contamination; North Carolina–based energy giant Duke Energy, for example, found high levels of radium in groundwater contamination at 11 of its 18 coal plants.
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"Industry worries that this would be a start toward regulating groundwater, And furthermore, it also could let people know the groundwater is largely unregulated," Zygmunt Plater, an environmental law professor at Boston College told VICE News.
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Like other toads in the area, it relies on groundwater to survive.
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We used to be very dependent on over-pumping our groundwater aquifers.
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It's causing problems for farmers, damaging homes and buildings, and contaminating groundwater.
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They also found groundwater seeping into the garage, an inspection report shows.
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Many environmental groups oppose it because of its potential effects on groundwater.
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When the groundwater eventually evaporated, the chemicals were leftover in the cracks.
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This groundwater is particularly valuable when rain is scarce or during droughts.
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And pollutants moving through groundwater can take decades to emerge in lakes.
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The bodily waste of the 6.6m dairy cattle sullies rivers and groundwater.
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Mostly caused by groundwater extraction, it's yet another disaster in the making.
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Also, a rise in sea level can lead to saltwater contaminating groundwater.
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Environmentalists worry that these contaminants could eventually leach into nearby groundwater sources.
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The chemicals seeped into groundwater, contaminating water supplies and locally grown food.
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But groundwater isn't the only source of TCE exposure for local workers.
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So is the continued extraction of groundwater, the rising population and congestion.
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California's Central Valley is still starved for groundwater because of the drought.
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The dam is constructed using concrete (and) hence doesn't support groundwater recharge.
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Inside each bottle was brown, murky groundwater collected from a Chinese village.
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Environmentalists argue that fracking can be dangerous for groundwater, soil and air.
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Chemical leaks from industrial facilities into the groundwater first caused the pollution.
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Now the local community has quick and easy access to clean groundwater.
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Without proper safeguarding, toxic heavy metals seep into the soil and groundwater.
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Hunter shook as he tugged at the levers, shoveling groundwater and ore.
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Meanwhile, coastlines are eroding, coastal settlements are disappearing and groundwater is falling.
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The chemicals in some cases also may have migrated into the groundwater.
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Sometimes, the lagoons themselves breach, and hog waste spills into the groundwater.
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Unlined impoundments in coal ash sites may not restrict toxic pollutants from seeping into surrounding groundwater, rivers and lakes, and impoundments that are in poor condition are more likely to leak and contaminate groundwater, surface water or surrounding property.
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In 2016, toxic substances were found in soil and groundwater at Toyosu, the former home of a gas plant, prompting Tokyo to spend an extra 3.8 billion yen ($34 million)to dig hundreds of wells to pump out groundwater.
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The groundwater governance is a problem, but even the agricultural communities are intact.
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Under no circumstances we shall be using groundwater for farming or industrial purposes.
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This is why we are using groundwater for irrigation - and it's a sin.
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It's thought that these chemicals used to circulate inside ancient groundwater on Mars.
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Monsoon rains replenish reservoirs and groundwater, allowing better irrigation and more hydropower output.
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In 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act into law.
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In America groundwater extraction without commensurate recharge is responsible for 80% of subsidence.
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Just over 60 percent of Uganda's water comes from groundwater sources, it says.
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Embedded within the dry areas we see multiple hotspots resulting from groundwater depletion.
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They include: Withdrawing fracking water in places with limited or declining groundwater availability.
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The majority of rural settlements rely almost exclusively on groundwater for drinking purposes.
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Still, Zimbabwe would benefit from better methods for managing its groundwater, he added.
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How much water are we putting back into our rivers and groundwater reserves?
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The idea is to keep the groundwater from reaching out into the ocean.
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It fills up with groundwater, snowmelt, and rain in the winter and fall.
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Users that depend on groundwater are unlikely to see a recovery, Hoerling said.
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The health department is expected to decide on Google's groundwater permit in May.
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Instead of relying solely on pumped groundwater, Archuleta expanded El Paso's water portfolio.
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Monsoon rains replenish reservoirs and groundwater, allowing better irrigation and more hydropower output.
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The study found that small groundwater systems have the highest risk of contamination.
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When surface water is scarce, communities are also forced to start pumping groundwater.
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With dry brush and no groundwater, the area is already prone to blazes.
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Bruton studies the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with highly fluorinated chemicals.
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The condition was worsened by groundwater extraction, which the city has finally reduced.
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It also might deplete critical groundwater supplies needed for area ranchers, they said.
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And when the runoff gets into groundwater, it can lead to health risks.
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The hole soon filled with rainwater and groundwater, creating a mile-wide lake.
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The site contains contaminated soil, sediment and groundwater from past industrial operations there.
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Plans to tap the substantial groundwater under the region were delayed several times.
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If the EPA comes out with groundwater standards, everyone will have to comply.
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The report is based on groundwater monitoring data from more than 4,600 wells.
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Sullied groundwater leaches into streams, polluting drinking water and contributes to fish kills.
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A new law called the State Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) tries to deal with over-use by requiring water users to organise themselves into groups and asking each group to show how it will stop depleting groundwater in 20 years' time.
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The EPA's study found that fracking can be dangerous if water is withdrawn when water availability is low, when fracking liquids spill and reach groundwater, and when injecting fracking fluids into wells causes natural gas to move into groundwater resources.
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In an effort to stem the groundwater flow, Tepco has built an underground wall of frozen dirt 23 feet deep and nearly a mile in length in an effort to halt the flood of groundwater into the damaged reactor buildings.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Industrial group 28M Co and Minnesota's attorney general have agreed to settle a lawsuit over polluted groundwater, with the company agreeing to grant $5503 million to the state for groundwater projects, the attorney's office said on Tuesday.
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Stories we admired from other news organizations The Arizona Republic reporters Rob O'Dell and Ian James investigated the shortcomings in the state's groundwater protections, and how the agriculture industry has been able to deplete groundwater with little or no regulation.
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The state passed its first-ever regulations around the pumping of groundwater in 2014.
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And so we need a lot of years like this to replenish that groundwater.
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"Arsenic is going to be an issue with groundwater in certain areas" said Stoiber.
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E-waste contaminates the soil and groundwater supply and exposes people to hazardous chemicals.
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Nearly all groundwater has become undrinkable and untreated sewage is pouring into the Mediterranean.
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Two years ago, the site leaked radioactive material into groundwater near New York City.
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A third queried the location of the wells used to test for groundwater contamination.
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The other main source is groundwater, which is the water stored in underground aquifers.
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Normally, groundwater (in aquifers) accounts for about 30% of urban and agricultural water use.
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And there can be real exceptions, too, which can cause problems with groundwater contamination.
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"These all set the stage for how much groundwater is flowing out," Sawyer explained.
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Freshwater is defined as water found in lakes, rivers, soil, snow, groundwater and ice.
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Geologists predicted such a blast would mostly release trapped steam from flash-heated groundwater.
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The country's 20m boreholes, up from tens of thousands in the 1960s, deplete groundwater.
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As groundwater is pumped to make up for shortfalls, ancient aquifers could run dry.
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Whereas groundwater is pretty clean, the water that comes out of pumps is not.
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There are people in this country who are currently facing a groundwater contamination crisis.
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Madagascar has so much groundwater that many Antananarivo residents grow rice in their yards.
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Even more worrisome is the amount of water remaining in California's 2000 groundwater basins.
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These depletions are exacerbated by water pumped out by groundwater wells to water livestock.
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A third of the world's biggest groundwater systems are in danger of drying out.
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If the magma level drops too much, groundwater can seep into the hot crater.
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Environmentalists have for years sounded alarms over leaching fertilizers in the agricultural region's groundwater.
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"Giardia is known to be active and alive in groundwater sources, particularly," Subra said.
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They also drive other benefits such as groundwater recharge, cooling and better air quality.
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They were all talking about how we're going to be able to see groundwater.
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Groundwater is moisture in soil and rock, fed by precipitation and stored in aquifers.
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In the 20th century, societies dammed many rivers, depleted others and relentlessly pumped groundwater.
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Legislation has been introduced in Michigan and Maine to protect groundwater from commercial use.
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If not, what other factors besides declining groundwater could result in high water stress?
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Masarik is a groundwater outreach specialist at the school's Center for Watershed Science & Education.
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Groundwater irrigates almost three-quarters of Punjab's agricultural land, but groundwater levels are dropping by 40 to 50 cm (16 to 2700 inches) a year, according to Rajan Aggarwal, head of the soil and water engineering department at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).
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In a 85033-page analysis of the proposed nuclear waste repository, staff from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said the Department of Energy (DOE) did not properly account for radioactive contamination of groundwater and the impact if that groundwater reaches the surface.
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The sands were reworked by water and wind, solidified into rock, and soaked by groundwater.
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Combine that with interaction with groundwater on Brava, and we could see an explosive eruption.
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But the groundwater contamination in Memphis shows why doing that may be a bad idea.
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NASA has also put systems in place that use pressurized air to treat groundwater pollution.
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If that's true, that means this groundwater may have been particularly habitable at some point.
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The indiscriminate use of groundwater, a scourge of rapidly-expanding cities, is a prime contributor.
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Water resource mapping for southern Uganda indicates reducing groundwater, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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But deep underground, our filth reaches the beach by a more secretive route: groundwater channels.
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Most of the time, the two annual monsoons suffice to top up lakes and groundwater.
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The utility says that 60-70 percent of water consumed in Zambia comes from groundwater.
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Injecting fracking fluids into poorly constructed wells, so that gases or liquids affect the groundwater.
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Arsenic is present naturally in groundwater across the globe, but is especially prevalent in Bangladesh.
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According to Aggarwal, groundwater has been overexploited in 9.13 of the state's 29.1 administrative blocks.
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The groundwater interacts with the hot rock, and steam pressure builds and can cause explosions.
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Other independent studies, however, have found coal ash–contaminated groundwater flowing into drinking water sources.
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They have noted eroding walls, leaking roofs, and risks of electrical fires and groundwater contamination.
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That ash could be in nearby soil, groundwater, drinking water sources—no one really knows.
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But researchers have now found an added benefit of wind and solar: improving groundwater sustainability.
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The groundwater seepage has delayed Tepco's clean-up and may undermine the entire decommissioning process.
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But the place is in a groundwater-protection district with restrictions on cutting down trees.
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A local environmental minister acknowledged the presence of "highly toxic" chlorine in soil and groundwater.
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Instead, it laid out requirements for lining them, monitoring groundwater, and conducting structural-stability assessments.
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The country's groundwater resources are stressed primarily due to population growth, low rainfall, and agriculture.
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They point out that such frozen barriers are usually temporary against groundwater at construction sites.
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Compared with those for rivers and lakes, few laws govern the extraction of groundwater today.
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For decades, it dumped arsenic, chromium, lead and other hazardous chemicals, contaminating soil and groundwater.
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Last month, a new report found that coal-fired power plants have poisoned groundwater nationwide.
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This activity was once thought to be driven by groundwater angrily reacting with draining magma.
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The head of WaterAid India VK Madhavan said the country's groundwater was now heavily contaminated.
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The site contains contaminated groundwater, soil, sediment and surface water resulting from the installation's operations.
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Some power plants store coal ash in unlined waste ponds, which threatens groundwater and waterways.
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Things were so bad the groundwater basins became depleted and some localities instituted water restrictions.
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This spurs overpumping groundwater from underground aquifers, which distorts the natural equilibrium of the ecosystem.
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Environmentalists assailed the decision to issue the final permit, which was linked to groundwater management.
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How the company would manage the groundwater was the last question for Queensland environmental regulators.
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Past misdeeds include contaminating groundwater, San Bruno's pipeline explosion, deceitful lobbying tactics, and tax dodging.
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Median annual pay: $79,370Projected job growth through 22026: 219% These workers study how water moves across and through the Earth's surface, how forms of precipitation impact river flows and groundwater levels, and how surface water and groundwater evaporates into the atmosphere or eventually joins oceans.
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Median annual pay: $284,2270Projected job growth through 22026: 224% These workers study how water moves across and through the Earth's surface, how forms of precipitation impact river flows and groundwater levels, and how surface water and groundwater evaporates into the atmosphere or eventually joins oceans.
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Those deep groundwater resources are also vulnerable to contamination from oil and gas -- oil and gas drilling occurs in up to 30% of the sites where deep groundwater is located -- as well as from other human activities, like hydraulic fracturing, according to the study.
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About 16 million people live in states in this category and rely on self-supplied groundwater.
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Groundwater, which has been steadily depleting for years, makes up 40% of the country's water supply.
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Areas in blue have more groundwater than previous Mays; places in orange and red have less.
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India's main problem is that the country relies on groundwater for most of its water needs.
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In the GIF above, the reddish stuff is groundwater, mixing with blue-er (cooler) surface water.
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Overuse of rural groundwater was threatening food production and the country's food security, the court ruled.
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"Because we don't understand (groundwater), and don't see it, we manage it very poorly," Reig said.
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In Florida, where groundwater re-emerges, the river networks have much wider angles between their tributaries.
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The approval leaves just one permit outstanding, which relates to management of a sensitive groundwater source.
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Overtapping groundwater in California threatens the state's environment and infrastructure as aquifers collapse and land subsides.
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The first task is to replenish groundwater depleted by farmers during the drought of 2011-17.
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But if you're extracting groundwater from bedrock, that might be on the order of a century.
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As a result, better co-ordination between cities close to Minqin helped to increase groundwater levels.
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From contaminated groundwater children pick up chronic infections that impair their bodies' ability to absorb nutrients.
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Disposing of or storing fracking wastewater in unlined pits so that the toxic water contaminates groundwater.
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But the most intractable difficulty is the pumping of groundwater from ever deeper below the surface.
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Only half the world's groundwater flows are likely to find a new equilibrium within 100 years.
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When the squelchy stuff is scarce they dig down to reach groundwater and make their own.
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But finding clean supplies is difficult; rivers, lakes and even groundwater in China are often foul.
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Numerous companies have permits to pump groundwater in Ontario, some with larger maximum volumes than Nestlé.
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That's in contrast to most of the state, 85 percent of which has strict groundwater rules.
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Unfortunately, rural residents have very little recourse when an industry – agricultural or not – contaminates their groundwater.
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If your home is in a rural location, it's likely that your water comes from groundwater.
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With the region's porous volcanic bedrock, irrigation water is drawn out of interconnected rivers and groundwater.
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Bacteria harbored in the intestines of animals spread to the groundwater, which may infect our produce.
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All they'd have to do is cut their pipes short and send their runoff through groundwater.
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But the fee exempts agricultural users - the largest consumers of groundwater, and a key voter base.
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The agency has also removed over 76,000 pounds of contaminants from groundwater at the MEW site.
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But local officials dismissed their concerns, saying that the air, soil and groundwater met national standards.
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Cadiz, meanwhile, wants to pump groundwater from the Mojave desert, a plan opposed by Democratic Sen.
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De-silting of lakes and reservoirs, efforts to ensure recharge of groundwater have all been missing.
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The wall is not yet fully frozen, though, and groundwater continues to flow into the reactors.
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"They know well that groundwater availability in Florida can turn on a dime," Mr. Gross said.
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Even so, this year only two rural groundwater bills have been introduced in the State House.
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Energy Fuels also owns the Grand Canyon mine, where groundwater has already flooded the main shaft.
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In 210 she learned the groundwater that flowed to her private well was contaminated with PFAS.
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These may have been the result of hot magma contacting groundwater, which then flashes into steam.
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In the article, you will find a heatmap that shows regions by level of declining groundwater.
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Fresh water is a concern since rising seas have contaminated many of the islands' groundwater supplies.
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Are groundwater extraction, overpopulation, corruption and climate change creating an unsolvable water crisis in Mexico City?
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About 23.5 tons of water passes through the reactors every day, including groundwater that seeps in.
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Grace could "see" changes in ocean currents, precipitation runoff on land and changes in groundwater storage.
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But a hydrologist looking at groundwater in Southern California, where conditions are drier, might answer differently.
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According to nonprofit WaterAid, India's rate of groundwater depletion increased by 23% between 2000 and 2010.
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This site in Beaufort County has a former dye production facility that contaminated groundwater and soil.
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But the river is under threat from groundwater pumping and efforts to bury nuclear waste nearby.
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Dr. Ashok Ghosh, a professor at the Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Center in Patna, Bihar, has been studying groundwater pollution in the state since 2004 and says arsenic concentration has shot up in the groundwater supply of some Bihar districts since he began looking into it.
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Alarmingly, the EPA found that fracking contributes to drinking water contamination during all stages of the process:Water withdrawals for hydraulic fracturing in times or areas of low water availability, particularly in areas with limited or declining groundwater resourcesSpills during the management of hydraulic fracturing fluids and chemicals or produced water that result in large volumes or high concentrations of chemicals reaching groundwater resourcesInjection of hydraulic fracturing fluids into wells with inadequate mechanical integrity, allowing gases or liquids to move to groundwater resourcesInjection of hydraulic fracturing fluids directly into groundwater resourcesDischarge of inadequately treated hydraulic fracturing wastewater to surface water resourcesDisposal or storage of hydraulic fracturing wastewater in unlined pits, resulting in contamination of groundwater resourcesThe EPA admits that "data gaps and uncertainties" are limiting its ability to fully evaluate the impacts of fracking on the nation's water resources, saying more research is needed.
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The thirsty city has depleted its groundwater, which the study identified as the cause of the sinking.
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Groundwater pumping now puts at risk the very system that brings water to the San Joaquin Valley.
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Every day, as much as 165 tons of groundwater seeps into the reactors, becoming contaminated with radiation.
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They plunged seven-foot-long tubes into the sand, pulling up sand and groundwater samples for analysis.
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It's interesting to contrast this with groundwater governance in Southern California, which grew up in the 1930s.
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Environmental groups are concerned fracking could contaminate groundwater and say it is incompatible with fighting climate change.
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Bottlers had demanded exemption from the order, arguing that good monsoon rains would adequately replenish disappearing groundwater.
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Nearly a third of the world's fresh water is groundwater, according to the United States Geological Survey.
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In addition to the divers, teams were working to pump out water as well as divert groundwater.
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It doesn't biodegrade easily and leeches from the soil into groundwater, which has serious human health implications.
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Levels in the groundwater at Penasquito rose to more than five times that level, the data shows.
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Q: Even in the areas getting good rains, isn't the groundwater only enough for a few months?
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It has sparked protests and public concern because of the threat it poses to groundwater and wildlife.
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The changing weather patterns and improved groundwater access have brought changes to traditional farming practices in Kothapally.
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Spooked by rapidly depleting groundwater, the central government plans a vast nationwide campaign to revamp local reservoirs.
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In addition to carbon sequestration, there's a major problem in groundwater contamination because of pesticides and weedicides.
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"Clearly the groundwater table level keeps on dropping, and we cannot keep on (drilling) holes," Chilongo said.
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Most of this reduction was caused by the pumping of groundwater to make up for reduced rainfall.
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According to reports, 17 of Bihar's 38 districts have groundwater with arsenic concentrations above the permissible limit.
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There also could be additional water beneath the surface, perhaps present as widespread or globally distributed groundwater.
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New water purification devices funded by non-government organizations are helping villagers make contaminated groundwater useable again.
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Fracking has been a source of controversy due to concerns that the practice is contaminating surrounding groundwater.
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That report showed that chemicals used in fracking had leaked from unlined dumping pits into Pavillion's groundwater.
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The technique has alarmed scientists and activists alike for its potential to pollute groundwater and cause earthquakes.
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In Michigan alone, MLive reports, PFAS have been detected—in streamwater, groundwater, coming out of the tap.
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The radioactivity levels recorded in the groundwater are the highest ever detected at Indian Point, Sheehan said.
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Using subsidised electricity, farmers pump groundwater at will, drawing up more annually than China and America combined.
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Groundwater is precipitation, the stuff that falls from the sky that goes beyond the subsurface deep underground.
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If the lava drops to the level of cooler groundwater, the influx could cause steam-driven explosions.
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With 30m wells and pumps at work, it is hardly surprising that groundwater levels have been dropping.
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He explains that the state's agricultural sector has been largely relying on groundwater stores that are unsustainable.
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But according to this research, solar and wind power have helped and will keep aiding groundwater sustainability.
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Both chemicals were detected in all 50 US states, though they appear especially often in California groundwater.
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Most significantly, under the original version of the regulations, companies had to provide annual groundwater monitoring results.
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All that rising saltwater will infiltrate groundwater reserves farther inland, forcing its way into nearby freshwater aquifers.
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Groundwater flowing from hills above the plant enters the reactors, where it mixes with highly radioactive debris.
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Poor irrigation techniques and severe contamination of groundwater have brought India to the edge of this crisis.
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Those foams have leached into the groundwater at the military facilities, and often the drinking water supply.
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It's also completely aquatic, making it even more susceptible to groundwater pollutants or shifts in water levels.
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"Tokyo started regulating groundwater usage in the 1960s," said Jun Hayakawa, JICA's expert on water resource management.
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When Charette and Buesseler visited, they focused on measuring radioactivity found in seawater, groundwater, and seafloor samples.
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It wasn't until 2015, in fact, that NASA published its first comprehensive study of global groundwater reserves.
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In rural Arizona, where there are essentially no groundwater regulations governing irrigation, they found an ideal destination.
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Antibiotic residues are found in groundwater, drinking water and streams, and in feedlot manure used as fertilizer.
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Chemicals from fertilizer and groundwater pumping on industrial farms are partly to blame for the tainted water.
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Last month, the agency weakened a proposed standard for cleaning up groundwater pollution caused by toxic chemicals.
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Beijing, which is not a coastal city, relies heavily on groundwater as its main source of water.
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Turquoise forms near the surface as a product of copper weathering, typically caused by rainwater or groundwater.
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There was also a release on a study simulating how climate change would pose challenges to groundwater.
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We should also stop giving groundwater essentially for free to bottling companies that profit off its sale.
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Chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, invisible and insidious, had tainted the groundwater beneath her feet.
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Many operators disposed of their toxic coal ash in unlined pits nearby, posing a hazard to groundwater.
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But what if the groundwater eventually flows into a navigable waterway — which the federal government can regulate?
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It is prone to earthquakes and flooding and is rapidly sinking due to uncontrolled extraction of groundwater.
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Most of the homes had groundwater wells, but Casas said his family had switched to bottled water.
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For years, nitrogen from leaky septic tanks has seeped into groundwater and eventually into rivers and bays.
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In Suffolk County, the average concentration of nitrogen in groundwater is four milligrams per liter, he said.
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The sand was gone, and gone with it were the river, the groundwater and even the tolls.
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And while Ghaemi is very enthusiastic about the potential of groundwater lithium, other researchers are more wary.
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Most recently, in February, the plant leaked radioactive material into nearby groundwater in what New York Gov.
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In many areas, they help to police water use, managing disputes and limiting the over-exploitation of groundwater.
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In addition to the divers, teams have been working to pump out water as well as divert groundwater.
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Twenty-one major Indian cities are estimated to run out of groundwater by 2020 -- just a year away.
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One is that several heavy snow years in Yellowstone created more groundwater to feed geysers and hot springs.
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Maybe it doesn't have to do with the lake water, but with groundwater infiltrating the rocks, Ehlmann says.
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Such plants could be used to monitor groundwater seepage from buried munitions or waste that contains nitro-aromatics.
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India's monsoon rains are crucial for its crops and help replenish groundwater for people to access drinking water.
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Bogs used for industrial purposes were drained by cutting channels into them so that groundwater could seep out.
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As with the groundwater plan, the threatened rupture between state and federal authorities could wreck the settlement process.
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They are connected to a pump which pulls up groundwater, for use when the irrigation canals dry up.
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A drilling survey found that groundwater flowed into areas deeper than 10 to 16 feet below the surface.
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Groundwater was responsible for offsetting roughly 70 percent of the ag industry's surface water deficit statewide, researchers said.
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Whatever the extent of tree cover, soil erosion, groundwater contamination, and deadly flooding remain significant problems in Haiti.
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Only a third of residents have access to municipal water, so the rest drill wells to tap groundwater.
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The big picture: Millions of people face greater water stress from population growth, groundwater depletion and climate change.
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That finding combined with the new results could spur more surveys to search for tappable offshore groundwater reserves.
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The land ministry says that half the groundwater in the north China plain is too dirty for factories.
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In 2016, toxic substances were found in soil and groundwater at Toyosu, once home to a gas plant.
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Tokyo spent an extra 3.8 billion yen ($33.5 million) to dig hundreds of wells to pump out groundwater.
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As it was dry season, most tracks had no water, but some did—the result of groundwater seepage.
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"We do not know what we have, because we have not done adequate studies on groundwater," he said.
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If a system relies on groundwater, she said, there's a good chance that the chemical could be present.
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In the wake of the accident, groundwater also seeped in beneath the reactors and mixed with radioactive material.
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Mr. Raders had spent some time in India protesting a Coca-Cola bottling plant that was depleting groundwater.
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Twenty-one major Indian cities are estimated to run out of groundwater by 2020 -- just two years away.
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Meteorologists say it would take five years of normal to heavy rains to revive reservoirs and groundwater supplies.
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I not only found a sanitation disaster but also ran into U.N. military police secretly taking groundwater samples.
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The trucks get their supply from wells, rapidly being dug to ever deeper levels as groundwater levels plunge.
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Bacteria can also contaminate groundwater, the main source of drinking water for more than three million North Carolinians.
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Energy Fuels officials said hitting shallow groundwater was to be expected, and rejected concerns that contamination could escape.
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The cause is the rising sea, which is making the groundwater at the base of the forest saltier.
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"The disease from thawing human and animal remains can get into groundwater that people then drink," Wired reported.
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The groundwater contamination has turned up in at least 33 states and affects an estimated 10 million Americans.
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Climate change has brought harsher, more variable weather, and it has accelerated the decay caused by rising groundwater.
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Firefighting foam used in training exercises at the nearby Cannon Air Force Base contaminated the groundwater with PFAS.
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Researchers said the cause of the sinking was depleting groundwater, similar to the situation in Jakarta and Houston.
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Tankers are tapping groundwater so relentlessly that many wells yield up to 260 percent less water every year.
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Though it was late in the summer, the reservoir, which draws groundwater from a well, was still full.
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The company had to drill deep wells to access groundwater, state news agency IRNA reported, alarming environmental activists.
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Mr. Raders had spent some time in India protesting a Coca-Cola bottling plant that was depleting groundwater.
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During the next century, Egyptologists hacked into the walls to remove panels, which allowed groundwater to seep in.
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It's also typical for technicians to test, operate, and modify that equipment while analyzing soil or groundwater samples.
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The ponds and landfills used to store coal ash are frequently unlined, allowing toxins to leach into groundwater.
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A cover will be placed over the site to limit radon releases and protect groundwater, the EPA said.
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"The soils in the slide area are likely geologically young, loose, sandy materials with shallow groundwater," said Stewart.
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Lack of river water will lead people to pump more groundwater, which was deposited in the ice ages.
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Any contaminated water in the old mines must be removed and treated to keep it from polluting the groundwater.
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Difficult to remove, and a groundwater and soil hazard as they corrode, this discarded metal is an environmental concern.
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Both Delhi and Bengaluru, India's software capital, will run out of groundwater by 2020, the Niti Aayog report said.
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Scientists had thought the steam explosions resulted from lava at the summit dropping down the volcano's throat into groundwater.
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The EPA believes that lax disposal of coal ash has led to the contamination of groundwater in 24 states.
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But the evidence of this groundwater system potentially extends the period of time when Mars could have been habitable.
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Many farmers say they struggle to build rainwater harvesting ponds, use groundwater or adopt the latest efficient irrigation technologies.
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Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) called Posiva's analysis of the bedrock and groundwater "state of the art".
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Groundwater contributes between 40 and 20143 percent of the state's water supply, depending on how dry the year is.
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"Groundwater pumping from shallow aquifers has already caused some regions to drop by tens of feet," the researchers said.
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In 143, state officials discovered that solvents resulting from runoff electronics products had contaminated the groundwater in Silicon Valley.
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Algae blooms in the Gulf of Mexico are fueled by nutrient runoff from rivers, but also by contaminated groundwater.
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The nation is prone to flooding and is sinking at an alarming rate due to over-extraction of groundwater.
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We drink our of the groundwater, but we use the rivers all the time for recreation, swimming, fishing, boating.
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Starting under British rule, irrigation canals and groundwater-extraction turned the arid lands of Punjab into India's agricultural powerhouse.
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By testing groundwater around pit latrines, he has found that bugs can barely travel more than two metres underground.
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"Critical groundwater resources — which account for 40% of our water supply — are being depleted at unsustainable rates," it said.
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India, for example, is the world's third largest exporter of groundwater, accounting for 12 percent of the global total.
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Image: ESAScientists report finding evidence for an ancient planet-wide groundwater system on Mars, according to a new study.
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Local agencies will have the authority to monitor the amount of groundwater withdrawn, and to charge users pumping fees.
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The antiquities ministry has previously cooperated with USAID on several groundwater-removal projects in Cairo, Giza, Luxor and Aswan.
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"(It) needs to be managed sustainably through an effective and evidence-based groundwater policy," said the UK-based Mtisi.
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Groundwater tests in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., show far more perfluorooctanoic acid than previously thought, the Albany Times Union reports.
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"The problem in the Central Valley is that there are a lot of communities dependent on groundwater," said Gleick.
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Both Delhi and Bengaluru, India's software capital, will run out of groundwater by 2020, the Niti Aayog report said.
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The government is moving ahead with new pipelines for groundwater and projects to desalinate water from the Red Sea.
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"This is alarming given that more than 22.25 percent of irrigation is taken care of by groundwater," he said.
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Despite its green reputation, geothermal energy—which uses hot groundwater to drive steam turbines—is not entirely emissions-free.
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Heavy rain and snow this year has raised hopes that groundwater can be replenished, at least for a while.
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If you're pumping your water from a well, the EPA has a guide on how each state's groundwater ranks.
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It's estimated that the entire state of Texas has nearly 3 billion acre feet of salty groundwater to use.
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It could "help us fine-tune our rules that govern the issuance of licenses for groundwater extraction", he said.
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Hawaii Wildlife Fund whether Maui's wastewater treatment facility violated the CWA by polluting the Pacific Ocean indirectly through groundwater.
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He asked if "any little bit" of groundwater between the facility and the ocean would make a permit unnecessary.
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Do they become integrated vertically into the soil column, in which case there could be a risk to groundwater?
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Groundwater flowing from the hills above the plant enters the reactor basements, where it mixes with highly radioactive debris.
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In these projects, farmers delinked land and water rights, and collectively managed harvesting and distributing surface water and groundwater.
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Culbert said that Duke has been a conscientious neighbor and has been monitoring groundwater impacts for the past decade.
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State officials said recently that oil from the spill had seeped into the groundwater, which connects with the river.
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It has dropped so far that the lava is below the water table, so groundwater is turning to steam.
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In the 1990s, the EPA oversaw the treatment of groundwater at NASA's Ames campus, which it continues to monitor.
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Over the years, the sea's clear blue waters seeped into the islands' limited groundwater reserves, making every sip saline.
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Meteorologists say it would take five years of normal to heavy rain to replenish depleted groundwater supplies and reservoirs.
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Communities from Dimock, Pennsylvania to Pavillion, Wyoming to Broomfield, Colorado have had their groundwater imperiled by poisonous fracking fluids.
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The site would also need to be cleaned up, since Navy activities left contaminants in the soil and groundwater.
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The soft clay soil, used by the city's sculptors to create figures of revered Hindu gods, could hold groundwater.
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Seitz knew the responsibility of preventing further groundwater loss would in all likelihood fall to its greatest perpetrators: farmers.
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Seitz figured that placing some sort of limit on groundwater use was the only way to stabilize the aquifer.
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Ms. Briar said she feared gas from New Preston could seep into the groundwater supply, affecting milk and vegetables.
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We're not anti-agriculture, but the quality of the groundwater and the bay has to be taken into account.
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The first loop brings the groundwater, measuring about 55 degrees year round, from the wells into the geothermal plant.
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Environmentalists say remnants of the solvents could go into the air, be eaten by wildlife and leach into groundwater.
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Other parts of the country, including much of the Southwest, will endure worsening droughts, further taxing limited groundwater supplies.
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Houston Houston has been sinking for decades and, like Jakarta, the over-extraction of groundwater is partly to blame.
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From the ground water heatmap, what regions of the United States and Canada have the greatest decline in groundwater?
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It is also trying to slow the flow of groundwater through the reactors by building an underground ice wall.
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As the lake continues to rise, though, it is scheduled to reach the level of Butte's groundwater by 2023.
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While most Americans take for granted having a clean environment, our drinking water comes from lakes, rivers and groundwater.
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That means in the U.S., the chemical is still around, in the soil, in groundwater, and in the air.
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According to the World Bank, unsustainable use of groundwater occurs across the Arabian Peninsula, the Maghreb and in Iran.
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"It is unsustainable," Wada said, adding that almond prices could rise if farmers keep pumping deeper to reach groundwater.
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Here, magma heats groundwater, which wells up and dissolves salt, potash and other minerals when emerging through hot springs.
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During the drought of 2012-16 landowners pumped more and more groundwater to compensate for the lack of rain.
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As of yet, there's no clear origin of the outbreak, though officials have reportedly suspected contaminated groundwater near the centre.
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In just its first few months on the surface, it had already sent back findings about ancient groundwater on Mars.
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Farming this way is optimum in certain terrain where groundwater naturally accumulates, such as at the base of a mountain.
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Pumping water out of the cave hasn&apost solved the problem, so other teams have been looking to divert groundwater.
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"It's the idea that there's always another river out there, there's always another groundwater well we can sink," he said.
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A naturally dry region that receives little rainfall, Petorca depends on groundwater to supply its dense network of avocado plantations.
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The city is prone to floods and is sinking due to subsidence, caused by millions of residents using up groundwater.
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Construction workers were digging about 80 feet below the surface when they noticed groundwater starting to flow into the tunnel.
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The report from the national environmental group also said a federal rule governing coal pits would not prevent groundwater contamination.
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But it should be possible to mitigate some of its effects by, for example, penalising the over-extraction of groundwater.
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In India and elsewhere the easy availability of groundwater has encouraged the cultivation of thirsty crops in water-stressed areas.
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However, like groundwater on land, this water should be treated more like a savings account that can be quickly depleted.
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But it's also alarmed scientists and activists alike for its potential to pollute groundwater, affect air quality, and cause earthquakes.
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They examined rivers' longitudinal connectivity, hydrological alterations of river flow, and the exchange of water between the atmosphere and groundwater.
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The researchers behind the new study have discovered evidence of fluctuating groundwater levels in craters across the entire Red Planet.
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A waste overload creates rivers devoid of fish and bubbling with methane, groundwater contaminated with fecal bacteria, and other problems.
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In fact, according to official government statistics, more than half of northern China's groundwater is currently undrinkable because of pollution.
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The law requires groundwater users to devise ways of managing the aquifers they tap, so extraction does not exceed replenishment.
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During the drought Californians became especially reliant on groundwater and supplies — which had been dwindling before the drought — became depleted.
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Some residents, conservationists, and local water utility leaders say South Carolina officials should hold off on granting Google's groundwater request.
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Bad manure management and land application systems can be particularly dangerous to groundwater because the manure can leach through soil.
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The blue water footprint is the amount of water that's extracted from reservoirs, surface water and groundwater to irrigate fields.
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The sewage problem has forced beach closures in Gaza and Israel, as well as the stoppage of groundwater pumping stations.
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And, nearly half had been ordered closed amid concerns over risks posed to nearby soil and groundwater, the agency said.
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If the lava column drops to groundwater level, water could rush into the void and create large, steam-driven explosions.
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Groundwater depletion, suburban sprawl, periodic droughts (attributable, probably, to climate change): every year, people were asking more of less water.
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High-risk communities include those who rely on small groundwater systems or live in dry climates like California's Central Valley.
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The so-called ice wall is not yet fully frozen, and groundwater continues to flow into the reactors every day.
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But in the last two years, groundwater was becoming scarce, because of weather changes and increased mining in the region.
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This happens all over the world now, in large part because of groundwater extraction, and can contaminate drinking-water wells.
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Management also said it would take 10,000 years before the waste would reach groundwater, but it had already reached it.
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The groundwater table has risen and artesian wells that had not flowed for a long time now do, she added.
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Afterward, only some traditional varieties could be successfully grown because salinity in the soil and groundwater was higher than normal.
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The Bhalswa area is next to a big waste landfill, which has contaminated both surface and groundwater in the area.
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This is increasingly being irrigated by solar-powered deep wells, which are increasing the rate at which groundwater is falling.
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Heeding her concerns, in May 245, three members of the Brewster County Groundwater Conservation District walked into the Pumpco yard.
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"Agriculture is key to the nation's economy and my farming business is 100 per cent dependent on groundwater," he said.
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The soil at the site contains chromium, a radioactive isotope, and the groundwater contains industrial chemicals like trichloroethene and tetrachloroethylene.
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Excess nitrates in groundwater, such as those associated with pig manure, are linked with health problems like blue baby syndrome.
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But scientists now warn that there's an overlooked "time bomb" on the horizon as temperatures warm—the global groundwater supply.
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Cuthbert and his colleagues mapped out the global groundwater supply and modeled regional responses to climate change over various timescales.
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Nitrate is the principal nutrient leached to groundwater and is highly soluble, mobile and not readily degraded under aerobic conditions.
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It includes projects to collate soil geochemistry data with groundwater data sets into predictive maps for highly prospective mineral regions.
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As workers drilled into the formations that make up the region's distinct rock layers last year, they hit shallow groundwater.
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Now your groundwater is way, way safer, even though you personally did nothing to manage your own contribution to it.
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The Environmental Protection Agency responded to the collapse because of concerns that alcohol may have seeped into the area's groundwater.
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"It's pretty much a foregone conclusion now that they will have to do a groundwater pump and treat," she said.
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Remediating soil and groundwater is a complex task, according to Robert Schick, who directs the conservation department's environmental remediation division.
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But even if groundwater can be pumped out, cleaned of PFAS, and reinjected into an aquifer, PFAS elsewhere will persist.
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The city's subway system is permeable by nature: As it weaves underneath the streets, it is constantly surrounded by groundwater.
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Many are old chemical or oil storage facilities that left behind a legacy of dangerous contamination in soil and groundwater.
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Mr. Haney said pumping in the Mojave could permanently damage the groundwater basin through subsidence, or sinking of the ground.
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Contamination was found in groundwater near 242 of the 265 plants that recently reported data required by the 2015 rule.
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Meanwhile, unchecked extraction by farmers and wealthy residents has caused groundwater levels to plunge to record lows, says the report.
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However, these intensive farming techniques started to fuel a water shortage as farmers using cheap electricity overdrew from groundwater reserves.
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Scientists want to better understand these violent reactions to help prepare communities near volcanoes and bodies of water or groundwater.
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Among the requirements: Coal ash sites were to be monitored for structural integrity, coal-burning utilities had to conduct and publish groundwater monitoring results for the first time, and ponds that were found to be contaminating groundwater in excess of a allowable limits, or that were structurally faulty, were to be closed following specific guidelines.
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In recent months, the industry has suffered a $4.2 million jury award over alleged groundwater contamination from fracking, seen the two Democrats running for president argue over who would be tougher against the drilling practice and been embroiled in a public fight over the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) comprehensive analysis of fracking's impact on groundwater.
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Although they're scattered across the island, all are groundwater sources contaminated with industrial solvents used for metal degreasing and dry cleaning.
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New York State will investigate high levels of radioactive contamination found in the groundwater at the Indian Point nuclear plant, Gov.
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But what Raghavan called "indiscriminate" - and in many cases unauthorized - extraction of groundwater is creating growing problems as supplies run short.
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The cesium attached itself to the surfaces of the sand grains, and some managed to trickle down to the groundwater below.
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These systems were some of the smallest systems in the state, serving 10,000 residents or less, and relied heavily on groundwater.
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In addition, groundwater can contain a number of other environmental metals, such as lead, which are known to be extremely toxic.
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The Houston Humane Society was preparing to treat animals often injured by debris or drinking contaminated groundwater, said spokeswoman Monica Schmidt.
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Many areas are relying on groundwater for drinking and limited irrigation, but the underground water table is receding alarmingly, farmers say.
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Also, in terms of groundwater, the state's central and southern regions are also still catching up after drought conditions since 2011.
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Areas of the valley are experiencing significant subsidence, or sinking, due to the overpumping of groundwater out of aquifers by farms.
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SHAZAND PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY The company had to drill deep wells to access groundwater, state news agency IRNA reported, alarming environmental activists.
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These diverse samples are helping scientists paint a picture of how ancient groundwater interacted with these rocks and changed over time.
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Around 70% of surface water is thought to be polluted, and pumping from 20m tube wells has dangerously lowered groundwater levels.
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But groundwater, Famiglietti says, is more like a retirement account: it's what the state depends on when income inevitably dries out.
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As pollutants taint groundwater, and global warming makes the vital monsoon rains more erratic, the country is poisoning its own future.
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The extra 98 percent has a good chance of getting into lakes, streams and groundwater, resulting in a lot of pollution.
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LUSAKA(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Faced with longer droughts and growing water demand, the Zambian government has introduced fees on groundwater use.
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Across California, water storage is still below average, and the groundwater supplies have been drastically reduced by years of over-use.
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It was a salmonella strain called Salmonella Saintpaul, and they determined that it was because of the groundwater the farmers used.
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More than 21970 million people in the state are estimated to be threatened with arsenic poisoning or arsenicosis from contaminated groundwater.
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The report also stated that the builders involved in the construction of the school had used groundwater contaminated by the chemicals.
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This examination into their centers of power shows small farmers and everyday citizens facing drought and a new, debilitating groundwater crisis.
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Unlike surface water—the allocation of which is strictly regulated in California—groundwater has been managed in a more casual manner.
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In some countries, data on groundwater levels or land fertility is considered a matter of national security, to be kept secret.
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A federal judge Friday overturned a $4.24 million jury award in a landmark case regarding alleged groundwater pollution from hydraulic fracturing.
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"Punjab's exports of rice and wheat to other regions literally mean the export of its groundwater to those regions," he said.
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As a result, raw sewage piles up on the beaches of Gaza and southern Israel, contaminating the groundwater in the process.
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"Since oats require less herbicide spray than many other grains, there is less risk of pollutants and groundwater contamination," it says.
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While well-regulated landfills minimize the impact on the surrounding environment, there are stilllong-term contamination risksto the soil and groundwater.
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Over 98 million seedlings have been planted which help regenerate groundwater sources, improve soil fertility and stream productivity, and prevent erosion.
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Because it's underground, it is naturally cool due to the insulation of the soil and the cooling effects of the groundwater.
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In California's drought-prone Central Valley, excessive groundwater pumping has led toxic levels of arsenic to leach into local water supplies.
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Dewatering is removing groundwater or surface water from a construction site to provide a safe work environment and prevent soil erosion.
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But as they thaw, those glaciers release the chemicals into rivers, lakes, and groundwater reserves, poisoning each one as they go.
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Water from the roofs of surrounding buildings drains into two smaller basins and then soaks in to top up groundwater levels.
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Experts and residents agree that over-extraction of groundwater for drinking and commercial use is largely responsible for the land subsidence.
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Heavy metal mining is one of the most toxic extractive industries in the US because it leaches heavy metals into groundwater.
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Hydrogeologists use the phrase "groundwater mining" to describe situations in which the rate of water withdrawal exceeds the rate of replenishment.
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It may seem counterintuitive that groundwater aquifers in arid regions, which are by definition parched, are less sensitive to climate change.
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He cited other issues with coal, like how dangerous it can be to miners, groundwater and air pollution from coal mines.
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E-waste can damage the environment by leaking dangerous chemicals into groundwater and harm people who scavenge recyclable materials by hand.
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The main culprit is excessive groundwater pumping, which creates a change in pressure and volume that prompts the land to sink.
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Lawmakers have tried to address the issue, creating a special purpose district meant to regulate the withdrawal of groundwater in 1975.
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Maintaining groundwater and habitat which support so much birdlife is harder to do in a landscape that is hotter and drier.
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Groundwater across the country is largely unregulated, and, depending on how this decision swings, it could have ramifications for other industries.
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The EPA seemed to endorse that interpretation in April, finding that no federal permit is needed if pollution comes through groundwater.
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Even though the drought is officially over, groundwater supplies remain below normal, the Natural Resources Defense Council cautioned in a statement.
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Police said she was in good condition, and had managed to stay hydrated by boiling and drinking groundwater she had found.
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In Pakistan, 20133% of the water supply for sugarcane comes from irrigation and groundwater reserves, according to the Water Footprint Network.
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Often just a foot or two deep, this type of flooding can stop traffic, swamp basements, damage cars and contaminate groundwater.
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The long-awaited report found that groundwater corroded a 7-inch well casing and made it to rupture, causing the leak.
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They also said drilling on that land would increase air pollution and ozone levels in Wyoming and could deplete groundwater supplies.
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