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Aquifers are used for animal and human drinking water supply, for agricultural irrigation, lawn watering, in manufacturing, sanitation, and any other use of water which one can conceive of.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoit is used for drinking water supply through drilled boreholes
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∙ 13y agoGroundwater can be used to irrigate crops and in factories. Half of the U.S.A uses groundwater as their drinking water.
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∙ 11y agoirrigation and domestic use
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Groundwater is used most by people in which of these areas?
rural
Is often groundwater must be be pumped to the surface To be used?
Groundwater does not have to be pumped to the surface to use, although that would seem the most logical way to get access to it. It has no difference on the make up of the water, or the purity.
Which term is used to describe groundwater rising to the surface due to pressure in the aquifer?
artesian well
How does road salt get into groundwater?
The salt dissolves which causes it to evaporate then it melts down and it becomes in the ground, which is in the groundwater.
How are groundwater and runoff alike?
Ground off and runoff are both precipitation and fresh water. Since they are fresh water, people use groundwater and runoff for households and drinking waters sometimes.
What is a shaft in the ground used to remove groundwater?
A WELL is a shaft in the ground used to remove groundwater
What are three ways in which groundwater is used?
Groundwater is used for growing plants, domestic use and manufacturing.
Is it true that groundwater is too far beneath the earth's surface to be used?
No, but the question here would be to be used for what purpose. Groundwater levels vary according to the amount of rain that has fallen over a period of time in a region. Groundwater is the basic element for a well system. Groundwater is used in Iceland for heating homes as far as i can figure there.
What is the largest amount of groundwater is used for?
Irrigation
Salt water from the ocean may seep into the groundwater in coastal areas if?
groundwater is used faster than it is replaced
What term is used for the storage place of groundwater?
An aquifer.
How is groundwater used to provide energy?
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Groundwater is used most by people in which of these areas?
rural
What is groundwater contamination?
groundwater is water found below the ground. In many countries such as the UK, Nambia and Bangladesh, groundwater is a major water source for the population. Contamination of groundwater then, is the pollution of this water which often has major ramifications for a population. Major contaminants are nitrogenous fertilizers, and heavy metals found in the soil or rocks. Chalk and even certain types of plants have been used to combat groundwater contamination. Water hyacinth, for example, a plant found in Bangladesh was used to decrease the amounts of arsenic found in the groundwater in that country.
What is the difference between renewable groundwater and nonrenewable groundwater?
What is is the difference between renewable groundwater and nonrenewable groundwater?
Is it true that often groundwater must be pumped to the surface to be used?
it is false.
Is groundwater being replaced faster than it is being used?
yes
