groundwater depletion

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depletion
noun[S or U]
uk
/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/
us
/dɪˈpliː.ʃən/
a reduction ...
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(Definition ofdepletionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This indicates that the impact ofgroundwaterdepletionon income becomes prominent as the severity of resource extraction increases.
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Important issues in this regard include identifying various externalities associated withgroundwaterdepletionin fragile environments and the costs associated with these externalities.
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As a result, the costs ofgroundwaterdepletionare disproportionately borne by these farmers.
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This paper is an attempt to estimate the costs ofgroundwaterdepletionand the resulting externalities.
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As a result, the costs ofgroundwaterdepletionare disproportionately borne by these farmers (vertical externalities).
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There are a number of appropriation (negative) externalities associated withgroundwaterdepletion.
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Here we examine the externalities due togroundwaterdepletion.
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The following section estimates the costs ofgroundwaterdepletionand compares them with mitigation costs.
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It may be noted here that we are not estimating all the indirect costs ofgroundwaterdepletiondue to a lack of full information and measurement problems.
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With increase in housing and office space, the demand has been multiplying over the years andgroundwaterdepletionhas been worsening alarmingly.
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Furthermore, the natural upward flow of water in the artesian aquifer has now been reversed due togroundwaterdepletion.
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Groundwaterdepletionmay result in many negative effects such as increased cost of groundwater pumping, induced salinity and other water quality changes, land subsidence, degraded springs and reduced baseflows.
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