underground aquifer

collocation in English

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underground
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈɡraʊnd/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈɡraʊnd/
below the surface of the earth; ...
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aquifer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæk.wɪ.fər/us
/ˈɑːkwə.fɚ/
a layer of rock, sand, or earth that contains water or allows water to pass ...
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We hypothesize that similar organisms could thrive in theundergroundaquiferthat underlies the region.
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The refuge is a major discharge point for a vastundergroundaquiferwater system, reaching more than 100 mi to the northeast.
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This is an overdraft of about 150000 acre.ft of water over what theirundergroundaquifercan normally refill.
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This is especially important in areas where the potable water is provided by filtering the water extracted from theundergroundaquifer.
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The city's prosperity has been historically connected to its largeundergroundaquifer.
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First, water accumulated in anundergroundaquiferduring the wet millennia is supplied to the lakes.
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The area was settled during the mid-1950s because of the discovery of anundergroundaquiferwith very large deposits of sodium sulfate.
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This water can be stored in anundergroundaquiferand the heat extracted in winter using a heat pump.
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This system was replaced in 1982 with a well which gets water from anundergroundaquifer.
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Date palms are planted in hollows where they can reach theundergroundaquifer.
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Tests dating to 1999 show that the high permeability of theundergroundaquiferpoint to a high risk for water pollution.
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There innovative system uses a series of wells which are linked to a largeundergroundaquifer.
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It is possible that water lost during the delivery and on the field could help recharge underground aquifers.
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Natural reservoirs are either lakes or the underground aquifers found in the chalk and limestone areas of the country.
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We know already that one ought to do with as little surface storage as possible and that it is preferable to recharge underground aquifers.
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However, no actual recharging of underground aquifers has been done.
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The pollution of underground aquifers is the long-term threat to our water supplies.
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Care is needed to ensure that this leachate is not discharged into watercourses but some, or all, may percolate through the ground to underground aquifers.
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The third class of expenditure will be in respect of major conservation works, reservoirs, aqueducts and the working of schemes for artificial recharge of underground aquifers.
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In other words, the proposal is to use underground aquifers as reservoirs—and, after all, can anybody else devise a cheaper source of a reservoir than that already provided underground?
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