Sentences with phrase «groundwater out of the soil»

Wells are drilled to access this resource and, in many cases, pumps are used to suck groundwater out of the soil.

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Storm drainage systems typically redirect most floodwater out to sea, but given the region's intense water deficit, hydrology scientists at the University of California, Davis, are experimenting with so - called groundwater banking, which involves sending storm water to flood fallow fields where it can percolate into the soil and replenish aquifers.

Nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops lingers in the soil and leaks out as nitrate for decades towards groundwater — «much longer than previously thought,» scientists in France and at the University of Calgary say in a new study.

Discovering how to keep radioactive material in the soil and out of the groundwater, whether it is in the United States, Russia, or elsewhere, could protect people and the environment without incurring extreme expenses.

Leaching out of the soils, reactive nitrogen can make groundwater and surface water unfit for human consumption.

For example, some aquifers are collapsing as groundwater is sucked out of the soil and groundwater pressure is reduced.

I actually started out standing in a hard hat and steel - toed boots next to a drill rig, collecting soil and water samples to find the extent of a plume of petroleum in groundwater.