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Groundwater Cycle
Groundwater is water from rain or other forms of water that is absorbed and stored underground.
example: If you dig a hole in the sand eventually if you dig deep enough you will find water, Groundwater.
Groundwater can move through the ground and into a lake or stream as well as water in a lake can soak down into the ground and become groundwater.
Water is stored underground through cracks in rocks and sand like a sponge.
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Groundwater Cycle
Wells pump groundwater from the aquifer(are holding alot of water) and then pipes deliver the water to cities, houses in the country, or to crops.
Most groundwater is clean, but groundwater can become polluted, or contaminated. It can become polluted from leaky underground tanks that store gasoline, or when people apply too much fertilizer or pesticides on their fields or lawns. When pollutants leak, spill, or are carelessly dumped on the ground they can move through the soil.
Because it is deep in the ground, groundwater pollution is generally difficult and expensive to clean up. Sometimes people have to find new places to dig a well because their own became contaminated.
Ground water is the purest form of water available!
Groundwater provides us water to drink, to prepare food, and our every daily home need.
Also it is really important to wet crops , especially when there are droughts.
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