What are the most common sources of groundwater pollution?

Answer 1

ground water pollution is when different contaminats are in groundater. such as in land fills. when the rain comes down it washes some of the garbage into the earth then it goes into or groundwater which gets affected. we all consume an amount of groundwater everyday it is in our water that we drink . it costs alot of money to clean out groundwater pollution. we dont really know how to fix it because you can not stop people from making garbage etc. so than there is no other way.

Answer 2

* Runoff from pollutants (paint, chemicals, rotting organic material) leaching out of landfill * Polluted water discharged from factories * Oil and petroleum leaks from vehicles washed off the road by the rain into the surrounding habitat * Chemical fertilizer runoff from farms and crops * Acid rain (fumes from factories mixing with rain) * Sewage discharged into rivers instead of being treated properly * Over application of pesticides and fertilizers * Purposeful injection into groundwater as a disposal method * Interconnections between aquifers during drilling (poor technique) * Septic tank seepage * Lagoon seepage * Sanitary/hazardous landfill seepage * Cemeteries * Scrap yards (waste oil and chemical drainage)

* Leaks from sanitary sewers

Answer 3

Air pollution such as acid rain can contaminate groundwater. Release of gases like sulfur dioxide contributes to acid rain. Acid is then dissolved into rainwater in the clouds, and fall as acid rain.

Answer 4

the pollution of groundwater is so serious because the polluted groundwater will go into the ocean and pollute the ocean

Answer 5

through leeching, when it rains farms fertiliser spreads through leeching into groundwater

Answer 6

There are four main kinds of groundwater pollution: natural, agricultural, industrial, and individual.

Answer 7

The same way that rain does.