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The consumption of contaminated groundwater can lead to a host of health issues, including gastrointestinal infections, cholera, dysentery, and other serious illnesses. Pollution occurs when substances such as pathogens, chemicals, and heavy metals seep into underground aquifers, the primary source of drinking water for approximately 70% of the 250 million... read more...
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Many of the underground water stores often critical to life in Texas, where rain is rare and the sun beats out of a pitiless sky, are running dry. Across the state, water gushes out of nearly 300 springs — a hidden array of reservoirs that creates creeks, rivers and swimming... read more...
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Arsenic is found in many household and industrial products, from pesticides and food additives to semiconductor chips and pharmaceuticals. And when disposed of, the arsenic in the products can leach from the landfill into the soil and groundwater. Landfills in the U.S., Europe and around the world are important potential... read more...
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Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe. Find out more https://e360.yale.edu/features/solar-water-pumps-groundwater-crops read more...
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Mars was once a wet world. The geological record of the Red Planet shows evidence for water flowing on the surface – from river deltas to valleys carved by massive flash floods. But a new study shows that no matter how much rainfall fell on the surface of ancient Mars, very... read more...
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Much of Libya is bone-dry desert but one Mediterranean coastal town is suffering the opposite problem – its houses and fields have been inundated by a mysterious upsurge of groundwater. Stagnant water and squishy mud have flooded houses, streets and palm groves around the northwestern town of Zliten, spreading a foul... read more...
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The World Bank is currently undertaking a groundbreaking initiative to create the first benchmark addressing the lifespan of water boreholes, aimed at assisting asset managers and investors. The success of this benchmark relies heavily on comprehensive data collection from various geological and economic contexts worldwide. In line with this, the... read more...
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In Bangladesh, around 49 per cent of the drinking well water – which almost everyone drinks – has unsafe limits of carcinogenic arsenic. A new study led by Dr Seth Frisbie of Norwich University, USA, found that the climate crisis is making the situation worse – pointing to a looming... read more...
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A pioneering ‘global-scale’ analysis of groundwater levels by a team of researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), ETH Zürich, University College London (UCL), Rutgers University and King Abdulaziz University has been published in Nature. Their article, Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers... read more...
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The Great Artesian Basin’s unique mound springs are in danger. Mound springs are an environmental asset of international significance, with historic and ongoing cultural and economic value. But they are usually located in arid, inhospitable outback regions where you need to be a fairly intrepid person to reach them. A... read more...
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