Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining
A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² ...
University of Memphis department gets statewide recognition for study on Memphis Aquifer
The study was conducted from 2018 to 2023 and sought to understand more about the protective layer in the aquifer.
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Florida sinkhole leaking radioactive water into aquifer
A massive sinkhole spanning 45 feet in diameter opened up at a fertilizer facility in Florida, and has already leaked 215 million gallons of radioactive water into the state's aquifer system.
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Aquifer Susceptibility Maps
DRASTIC is an acronym for the seven factors that determine how likely an area's groundwater is to be contaminated: DRASTIC has difficulty representing partially confined, leaky, or stacked aquifers ...