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What does groundwater mean?

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Noun
  1. Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
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The next day, both of them combed the farm in search of ideal locations for recharging groundwater.
Problems can arise even if the rate of groundwater withdrawals doesn't exceed the rate at which precipitation recharges the aquifer, says Alley.
However, they did not explain how the depleting groundwater table could be recharged if the tank did not get enough water.
The manure alone could destroy the water table, rendering the groundwater toxic and leaching poisons into the soil for miles around.
When dissolved solids are carried along with the flowing groundwater, the process is called advective transport or convection.
The reservoirs store rainwater, groundwater, and surface water until water is needed on the field.

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