How to Use groundwater in a Sentence

groundwater

noun

• There were concerns about contaminated groundwater.
• One group was studying the movement of the groundwater through a patch of now-salty soil.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• Wells and pumps pull groundwater from as deep as 680 feet, and the aquifer’s levels are dropping.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• In Maryland, groundwater abusers can be fined $5,000 a day.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Looking Back 50 Years The one long-term impact of the tests is the groundwater of Amchitka.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• The sites selected must have a shallow depth to the bedrock, where the groundwater resides.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
• One of the things that came out of the meetings were concerns regarding groundwater.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 2 May 2023
• Cash crops aren’t alone in relying on the groundwater here.
  — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
• As groundwater levels drop, saltwater seeps in and fills in the gaps in the soil where freshwater used to be.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
• Most of us know about Fondomonte’s sweet deal to pump groundwater on 3,500 acres of state land thanks to this reporting.
  — Greg Burton, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2023
• The pump moves water from the Kings onto Cameron’s grape fields, flooding them in order to recharge the groundwater aquifers beneath them.
  — Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
• And because the groundwater there is spotty, not all residents have the option of just drilling a well.
  — Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
• The agency relaunched the process to regulate groundwater this fall, which will take about three years.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022
• The region has no other sources besides a bit of groundwater, and takes 90% of its water from the river at Lake Mead.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• Most of the local water supply is in groundwater, and that has been dwindling.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2022
• It has been found in the air near PVC factories and hazardous waste sites, and can leach into groundwater.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The city now relies on rain to fill a reservoir, and groundwater levels are dwindling.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 29 June 2024
• Some of it seeped into the groundwater and was pumped through the well in the form of nitrate, which is made when nitrogen and oxygen combine.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2024
• In the last few weeks, the city installed six deep wells near the coastline to pump out groundwater — the impetus for landslide movement.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• Navajos made do with groundwater pumped by windmills, and did not build their homes next to each other.
  — AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2022
• Freed from infrastructure and given the space and time to breathe, the groundwater and streams have begun to reflow.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
• Groundwater comes from one of the city's 22 wells, which can pump up 32 million gallons of groundwater per day.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
• But water from those sources can cost twice as much as local groundwater.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
• Raw sewage — including all its bacteria and pathogens — then seeps from the pit into the ground, groundwater, aquifers and ocean.
  — Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
• The groundwater would likely cover the entirety of Mars to a depth of a mile (1.6 kilometers), their study found.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
• But the Colorado River, and Arizona’s groundwater, cannot keep up.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• State officials hope projects like these will replenish some of the groundwater that was pumped out during the drought.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Pump more fresh water from a lake or river or aquifer than can be replaced by rain, snow melt, or groundwater?
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
• The goals of soil testing are to leave a property safe for families, children and pets as well as protect groundwater, wildlife and air quality.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2025
• But development and pumping of groundwater are taking a toll.
  — Greg Allen, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025