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Aquifer
Background from Wikipedia An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is called hydrogeology. Dallas Morning News,A bank, school, hospital, mall and residence are sticking their straws into the ground to tap the Woodbine Aquifer. These examples alone don't suggest Drought, what drought? - 22 Oct 2007 Savannah Morning News,Second, they're dependent on surface water for their drinking-water supply while the coast depends mainly on aquifer water from underground. State: Suffolk can't tap into the Lloyd Aquifer - Oct 19, 2007 Newsday,Under a 1986 moratorium intended to protect the aquifer, only coastal communities with no other source of drinking water can pump water from it. Quarry proposal raises aquifer concerns - Oct 19, 2007 Rockingham News,By Ann Sanok RAYMOND — Threats to the town's aquifer and health concerns for residents of neighboring Clearwater Estates were the focus of presentations State holding hearing on Edwards Aquifer rules - Oct 18, 2007 San Antonio Express,The commission is not proposing changes to the rules that put special conditions on construction over the environmentally sensitive Edwards Aquifer and the SLC needs preserving - Oct 20, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,I see no guarantee of a water supply for all these increases; our major aquifer is dwindling. Mayoral candidates talk about changing our city. Aquifer meeting tonight - Oct 18, 2007 San Marcos Daily Record,By Anita Miller San Marcos — New rules governing hazardous materials spills and storage above and near the Edwards Aquifer will be the focus of a meeting at Aquifer outlook bleak - Oct 17, 2007 Twin Falls Times-News,The Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, the underground body of water that is the lifeblood of Magic Valley, is being drained faster than new water is going in, Find trade-offs - Oct 20, 2007 Orlando Sentinel,The plant in Groveland would drill a hole through to the aquifer. It would siphon 490000 gallons a day. That's about a third of what Groveland currently Newman launches third aquifer plant - Oct 15, 2007 Brisbane Times,Brisbane's energetic Lord Mayor gulped down another glass of treated water at the opening of the city's third aquifer treatment plant in Algester today. New aquifer rules could prove costly - Oct 15, 2007 San Antonio Express,New rules proposed by the board of the Edwards Aquifer Authority to provide greater protection from pollution would cost gas stations and others who store Suitability of Cotton as an Alternative Crop in the Ogallala ... - Oct 15, 2007 Agronomy Journal (subscription)Exp. Stn., 6500 Amarillo Blvd W., Amarillo, TX 79106 Renewed interest in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) production in the Ogallala Aquifer Region can be Conference to cover water issues [2 mins ago] - Oct 21, 2007 NewsOK.com (subscription),One conference session features a technical discussion about a hydrology study of the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer in south-central Oklahoma. Blue sky, mine - Oct 19, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,On Stradbroke, despite the claims of endless summer, more reliable rain falls, to filter down through the sand to fill an aquifer that supplies the 3000 Town seeks water solution, could cost $5.5 million - Oct 19, 2007 Exeter News-Letter,The Newmarket Plains Aquifer, the town's main water source, does not have a very large recharge area. An artificial recharge using river water worked in a Will ethanol strain huge water aquifer? - Sep 27, 2007 MSNBCThat increase will strain the underground aquifer, as well as grasslands that would be turned into cropland to grow the corn used in most ethanol plants. Pumping restrictions on eastern Downs aquifer - Sep 25, 2007 ABC Online,...and Water says the restrictions have been imposed because there has been a pronounced reduction in the performance of the underground aquifer systems. Water authority stands by aquifer charges - Sep 23, 2007 ABC Online,Goulburn Murray Water is defending the level of allocations and new charges for farmers using the Campaspe Deep Lead aquifer, north-east of Bendigo in Challengers remain critical - Oct 19, 2007 New Milford Times,The Department of Environmental Protection had mandated that each of the 82 towns in the state with an aquifer-or, an underground layer of water-bearing Squaw tests water injection to restore valley aquifer - Oct 11, 2007 Sierra Sun (subscription),By the looks of it, you’d think the machinery was there to drill a 180-foot hole to suck water from the meadow’s aquifer. But it’s quite the opposite, Northside Canal to release water for aquifer recharge - Oct 11, 2007 KMVTA major effort to recharge the aquifer which runs below the magic valley will take place later this month. Over 20 thousand acre feet of water will be Major aquifer recharge scheduled for next week - Oct 10, 2007 Twin Falls Times-News,By Matt Christensen The North Side Canal Co. will play host to an unprecedented aquifer recharge effort in the next two weeks, when more than 20000 acre Fewer permits may be a blessing - Oct 19, 2007 The News-Press,There is a constant risk of lower water levels in its aquifer during droughts. This is why it's a blessing in disguise that the number of permits issued for New maps show aquifer vulnerable in Leon, Wakulla - Oct 9, 2007 Tallahassee Democrat,By Bruce Ritchie The Floridan Aquifer is vulnerable to contamination in more than half of Leon and Wakulla counties, according to new maps produced for Aquifer authority fills vacancy - Oct 10, 2007 San Antonio Express,The board of the Edwards Aquifer Authority on Tuesday appointed a new member to fill a vacancy and sent next year's proposed budget out for a public hearing Carlos Guerra: Finally, proposals on aquifer's water quality, but ... - Oct 8, 2007 San Antonio Express,Can you blame folks outside of here if they quake because our city — unlike most of theirs — remains almost entirely dependent on the Edwards Aquifer, Camco students research Pinelands water quality - Oct 19, 2007 Cherry Hill Courier Post,About 700000 South Jersey residents depend on the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer for their drinking water, Mott said. The Pinelands Commission is in the middle Expert: Oil would pass near water supply - Oct 18, 2007 Sioux Falls Argus Leader,The route proposed for a Trans-Canada Keystone Pipeline through South Dakota was altered during planning stages to limit the distance across shallow aquifer Storm run-off fit to drink - Oct 19, 2007 Adelaidenow,The Aquifer Storage Transfer and Recovery project, involving Salisbury Council, United Water and CSIRO, takes stormwater runoff and injects it into a deep Proposed rules topic of aquifer meetings - Oct 8, 2007 San Antonio Express,The Edwards Aquifer Authority will host a series of meetings discussing proposed rules that would enhance protections of the region's primary water source. Richardson: N. Ga. no threat to S.Ga. water - Oct 19, 2007 Moultrie Observer,It’s crazy, but I wish we had an aquifer up there though,� he said. Georgia has a huge systemic problem caused in part by poor decisions in the past by the Senator takes stand to protect aquifer - Oct 8, 2007 Pacific Daily News,..."We pollute that northern aquifer, and we are done for it," Pangelinan said, in an impassioned response adding the owners could always seek to change a Wells along Platte can resume pumping - Oct 19, 2007 Rocky Mountain News,The district's so-called augmentation plan will replenish the South Platte with water that the wells have been taking from the underlying aquifer that feeds Forum focuses on aquifer - Oct 8, 2007 Twin Falls Times-News,JEROME - "A Search for Solutions," a forum about the Snake River Aquifer, will be held at 7 pm Oct. 16 at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game office on Heavy rains have failed to refill aquifer chargers - Oct 5, 2007 Florida Times-Union,Nourished through rainwater, their sandy bottoms recharge the Floridan Aquifer below. Lying under more than 100000 square miles across parts of Alabama, ID water director sending early warning about next summer - Oct 17, 2007 Twin Falls Times-News,Tuthill and some scientists say recharging the aquifer is critical to maintaining, or in some cases increasing, flows from natural springs, some of which Update to aquifer protection plan begins - Oct 1, 2007 Laramine Boomerang,18 meeting, the council will hear a request from Michael Thomas for administrative relief from the development moratorium on the Casper Aquifer Protection Water crisis stymies Pr. Anne; More than $80M in development halted - Oct 16, 2007 Newszap Maryland,The final decision from MDE is based on the fact that the two Patapsco aquifer wells have higher than acceptable levels of fluoride. Dairy group urges parties to act on rural concerns - Oct 15, 2007 ABC Online,..."In Gippsland we've got problems down there in the Yarram aquifer with the oil and gas extraction out of Bass Strait," he said. Town should protect its water - Oct 19, 2007 Rockingham News,Could the town seek a grant from the state or federal government to help protect this aquifer? There are several options available. Davao dads dump high-end subdivision in aquifer area - Sep 26, 2007 Trading Markets,Talomo district rests on the aquifer where the Davao City Water District (DCWD) pumps out water for city residents. Voting 19 against 3 favoring the As Peace River runs low, water supplier prepares to tap aquifer - Oct 2, 2007 Sarasota Herald-Tribune,..."When it gets really dry, we'll be pulling from the Floridan aquifer," said Mike Coates, the authority's water resources director. Water plan raises coastal concerns - Oct 16, 2007 Savannah Morning News,The plan also explores the use of aquifer storage and recovery, the controversial practice of injecting treated water into aquifers for later use. What West Palm needs - Oct 18, 2007 Palm Beach Post,The consultants also propose diversifying the city's water source by tapping into the Floridan Aquifer, perhaps a thousand feet underground. Funds sought for 3D technology to determine aquifer details - Oct 4, 2007 ABC Regional Online,Major stakeholders concerned with the impact of coal mining on the Liverpool Plains will seek funding today for new technology to identify the proximity of Aquifer storage - a possible answer? - Sep 28, 2007 KOAA,Explains Betty Konarski of the El Paso County Water Authority, "what we don't have is regional cooperation to manage large aquifer storage projects. OUR OPINION: Watch the Water - Oct 18, 2007 Tifton Gazette,South Georgia's water supply comes from the Floridan Aquifer and isn't as dependent on rainfall as Lake Lanier, although drought does affect the aquifer to Council to talk options for added water supply - Oct 16, 2007 Portsmouth Herald News,The proposed plan is during high river flow times to pump Lamprey River water into the town's main underground reservoir of water or aquifer. Construction Begins on PGA Resort - Oct 18, 2007 WOAI,When the resort was originally discussed, protesters claimed it posed too big a threat to the Edwards Aquifer, which is the area's main source of drinking Study: W. Maui hills full of water - Oct 16, 2007 Maui News,Old-style furrow irrigation allowed about half the water applied to fields to leak into the aquifer. The conversion to more efficient drip irrigation, |
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