groundwater basin

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basin
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sən/us
/ˈbeɪ.sən/
mainly UK
an open, round container shaped like a bowl with sloping sides, used for holding food ...
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(Definition ofbasinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Agroundwaterbasinis a common pool resource in the sense that exclusion of multiple users (pumpers) is difficult and costly.
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Some provision units face considerable biophysical constraints when the good is a natural common-pool resource such as agroundwaterbasinor a river.
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In local markets, water does not have to be transported long distances and third-party effects are usually less serious if water stays in thegroundwaterbasinof origin.
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Interstate conflicts occur between two or more neighboring countries that share a transboundary water source, such as a river, sea, orgroundwaterbasin.
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In-lieu recharge is storing water by utilizing surface water in-lieu of pumping groundwater, thereby storing an equal amount in thegroundwaterbasin.
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Direct recharge is storing water by allowing it to percolate directly to storage in thegroundwaterbasin.
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Eachgroundwaterbasinis individually adjudicated to determine water rights.
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This phrase usually is used to describe the practice of storing surface water in agroundwaterbasin in wet years and withdrawing it from the basin in dry years.
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Much of the water is also simply infiltrated into groundwater basins.
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For the purpose of monitoring groundwater quality, a network of observation wells is installed in each of the groundwater basins.
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Countrywide, twelve groundwater basins have been identified.
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