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aquifer

[ak-wuh-fer] / ˈæk wə fər /
NOUN
water table
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In West Texas, for example, the groundwater of the Ogallala Aquifer soaks through layers of fluoride-rich volcanic ash, hundreds of feet below the arid plains.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

Brozović and Husker colleague Taro Mieno had already constructed plenty of models, and run plenty of simulations, on how the High Plains Aquifer responds to drought and dry conditions.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2024

Concerns about water overuse include depletion of the vast underground Ogallala Aquifer that sustains communities in eastern New Mexico and extends to the Dakotas and Wyoming.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2023

The water district’s proposed 102,000-acre territory covers a portion of the Tuscan Aquifer around Chico.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023

Aquifer levels were still “below normal” in March, with “80 percent of them being moderately low to very low,” according to the French Geological Survey.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023




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