
Episode 129: Glaciers, Ice, and Groundwater
The Science of Everything Podcast
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What Is Ground Water?
About 30 % of all readily available fresh water on earth is in the form of ground water. Ground water from aquipus can be extracted using a well. If you are too greedy, if you dig too greedily and too deep, you can pump out too much water from the aquifa which can result in the water table lowering. Another problem that can occur with ground water is that it can become polluted, which is quite difficult to clean up. A issue that can occur With ground water is sea water intrusion. And that's what i mentioned before. Basically, if you pump outtoo much water out of the aquifas, that reduces the pressure, and so that's going to
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