2006-10-24 07:27:35 · 4 answers · asked by Banna_skillz 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
All too easily! We can draw out the water with wells and use it faster than natural sources can replenish it. The natural sources can dry up due to drought. Ground shifting can divert streams. Someone else's drilling or excavation causes a break in the formerly impervious layer between your aquifer and a dry one below it. Large scale ground tilting can raise your end of a basin.
2006-10-24 07:33:52 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water tables fall when usage of the water exceeds the amount coming into the groundwater reservoir. This can be done by humans pumping out the water for agriculture and other uses, or by plants pumping the water out for their usage. Water table naturally fluctuate over time due to climate, plant cover, or deeper infiltration through the soil horizons.
2006-10-25 06:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the amount of water removed is greater than the amount of water replenishing it, then the water table falls. Just like a lake.
2006-10-24 10:50:11 · answer #3 · answered by Richard P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy, if you drink too much of it ... but the drinking part refers to the companies that are water guzzlers
2006-10-24 07:52:47 · answer #4 · answered by Franklin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋