Thursday, November 29, 2018

US groundwater in peril: Potable supply less than thought

Many rural areas in parts of the US rely exclusively on groundwater for both agricultural and domestic use. Drilling deeper wells may not be a good long-term solution to compensate for increasing demands on groundwater, because there is potential for contamination of deep fresh and brackish water in areas where the oil and gas industry injects wastewaters into or in close proximity to aquifers.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2SgHCT2

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