Sentences with phrase «recharged by rainfall»
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Our goal is to «rehydrate the landscape» by increasing the amount of rainfall that is absorbed into the ground to recharge water supplies and feed headwater streams.»
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The drought has caused the state's farmers to tap into groundwater supplies for irrigation water, leading to a massive drawdown in aquifers that take decades to centuries to be recharged by natural rainfall.
An unconfined aquifer is recharged directly by local rainfall, rivers and lakes, and the rate of recharge will be influenced by the permeability of the overlying rocks and soils.