aquifer
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Chairman Timothy Williams of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe said the company’s plan “to pump and sell 25 times more groundwater each year than the aquifer can replenish would desecrate our traditional territories.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Residents feared the project would strain the electrical grid and drain their local aquifer.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The stream is one of a number that flow from an aquifer underneath the air base, however, the source of the contamination is not known.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
In neighbouring Norway, the world's first commercial CO2 transport and storage service, dubbed Northern Lights, carried out its first CO2 injection in August into an aquifer 110 kilometers off Bergen on the western coast.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
“Where does all the water come from? The Court is on a hill, so where’s the aquifer or aqueduct to bring the water up?”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Furthermore, the centers’ cooling systems need a lot of water, draining local aquifers and water tables, with the more efficient systems still requiring significant amounts.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Fluendy says there has been a recovery of underground aquifers, rivers and reservoirs.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
“There’s a climate change use case—you can track the depletion of aquifers, which can predict when droughts are going to happen,” the CEO continued.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
This permanently reduces what the aquifers can hold and also worsens the risk of flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
Which of the two aquifers, their thickness being equal, will have the larger outcrop and therefore be able to draw upon the larger amount of water from the rainfall?
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Elements of the Universe: Aqua ("Water")
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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