groundwater
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊndˌwɔːtər/
- Specialized
:
agua subterránea
- Pollution can contaminate groundwater, making it unsafe for drinking and agriculture.
- groundwater contamination
- groundwater recharge
- groundwater pollution
They're too small, and so they land directly in the groundwater and in the oceans.
- They're too small, and so they land directly in the groundwater and in the oceans.
- Either way, it ends up in our food, our groundwater, and ultimately in the oceans.
- Is it it's rainwater or like groundwater or ocean water?
- The animals have to drink from groundwater.
- We, we, we, we give you a grant to, to keep a waste product out of, out of the groundwater.
- But what they're finding is that the groundwater all over the planet is is receding everywhere, not just here in California.
- And of course represents a threat to groundwater again as it goes down the the water table and into the sandstone formations for we hope permanent containment.
- So we we don't have anybody who knows about about deep wells or groundwater.
Examples
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The media highlights the parched lands, dry riverbeds, springs, and falling groundwater tables across the world daily.
Academic text (2008) -
You don't want that to get in the groundwater, but of course it does.
Fiction book (1995) -
Climate change is already having an impact on our groundwater resources.
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Either way, it ends up in our food, our groundwater, and ultimately in the oceans.
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The problems related to the extraction of groundwater in Mexico City are not new.
Academic text (2008) -
...groundwater reserves are drying up.
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Certain pesticides applied to crops eventually end up in groundwater and surface waters.
Academic text (1992) -
In particular, the nation's capacity for storing surface water is limited and groundwater is being depleted.
Academic text (2011) -
By its nature, cleanup of groundwater pollution is a complex and time-consuming process.
Academic text (1993) -
All he needed to know was that MTBE polluted the groundwater and ethanol didn't.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
Water under the ground that fills spaces in soil and rock
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine placed under water to move water up from a well
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word groundwater joins ground ('earth' or 'soil') and water, so it literally means water that is under the ground; think of a hidden stream or a sleeping river the wells can reach.