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How do chemical contaminants get in water?
Once the contaminants touch the ground they seep into the groundwater table, after this they are distributed into groundwater wells and aquifers.
What type of substance can seep into groundwater and make it unstable?
Chimicles like cleaning supplies and other toxins can seep into the ground and make the water unstable
Salt water from the ocean may seep into the groundwater in coastal areas if?
groundwater is used faster than it is replaced
How could hazardous chemicals deposited in landfills eventually affect groundwater?
The seep into the ground (polluting aquifers that we use for drinking water) and to the surface and cause widespread environmental damage (harm to life on Earth).
Is ground water polluted?
It very much depends on the area; some groundwater is polluted but other groundwater is pure.
Can Surface water can seep downward to become groundwater?
Yes, but it's a very slow process.
Groundwater is found above ground in lakes and rivers?
Groundwater is in the ground, not in lakes or rivers.
What type of body of water moves the slowest?
groundwater
What is a shaft in the ground used to remove groundwater?
A WELL is a shaft in the ground used to remove groundwater
Was digging a koi pond and water began to seep out of the ground why?
You have a high groundwater table. Most likely it is always higher than average and the spring thaw and rains just made the situation more obvious.
What oily substance can seep out of the ground?
Petroleum
How does groundwater recharge?
Groundwater is recharged by rain being absorbed into the ground.
