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What is an Aquifer?
An underground saturated zone where water is stored.
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What is Water waste?
Water waste is water that has been used and external substances have been mixed with.
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How do droughts affect the water table?
The water table gradually lowers.
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Can water be extracted directly from our fresh lakes and be used? Why?
Water cannot be used directly from our lakes.
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How do Farming Practices affect the Water table?
When these industries discharge their water resources, less water comes back into these ecosystems.
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How do floods affect the water table?
The water table gradually raises.
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How do underground water sources connect to aquifers?
Aquifers are the main sources of underground water sources.
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How does Water Diversions affect the water table?
If more water is used than replaced. It affects the water system .
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How do earthquakes affect the water table?
The water table is affected directly. In earthquake prone areas. The water table usually is less.
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