How to Use aquifer in a Sentence

aquifer

noun
  • Learn more about our aquifers and how they are managed.
    — Claire Marks, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Countries are rarely able to agree on how to share rivers and aquifers.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • The good news is there are actions that can lessen the strain on aquifers.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Salty water creeps into aquifers near the coast.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Others worry that wells and aquifers could run dry.
    — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • But recharge efforts rarely match what's getting pumped out of an aquifer.
    — Dustin Gardiner, azcentral, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Plans call for adding more water to the city’s main aquifer than would be withdrawn.
    — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Once the pool closes for the day, the water is drained and sent back to the aquifer.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • We are told there are nine contaminants in our aquifer.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The new research shows that crucial aquifers around the world are drying up.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Water comes from an aquifer the army drilled 4,200 feet down.
    — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 25 Mar. 2020
  • There are 19 existing mines that sit over the aquifer.
    — Kayla Branch, The Frontier, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Manmade wells then later draw on aquifers to pull water back out of the ground for use.
    — Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Regardless, the pool will still be filled with spring water from the aquifer.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • During that project, Enbridge breached four aquifers.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Both tribes use the same aquifer, with wells reaching thousands of feet into the ground.
    — Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 7 July 2023
  • The sales tax for the aquifer, parks and creekways would expire and not be on the ballot.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 29 Jan. 2020
  • But the utility draws water from the same aquifer as the Navy.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Mad River Well field, which the city uses to tap the aquifer.
    — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The main service gets much of its water now by pumping the local aquifer.
    — Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The draining of the aquifer is causing portions of the valley floor to sink.
    — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Back then, a typical way to study aquifers was to monitor wells in the field.
    — Jon Gertner, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The hospital tried tapping an aquifer, but the water was too salty to use.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
  • Wyckoff said the cedars were key in keeping the aquifer free of saltwater.
    — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The breadth and depth of the aquifer generally decrease from north to south.
    — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 23 Nov. 2021
  • But the new survey is the first to establish the aquifer's size and map it in detail.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 June 2019
  • And that has raised the aquifer to a point that water is seeping out into the river again.
    — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The city plans to pump stormwater into the ground to replenish aquifers.
    — Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • That includes the aquifers that much of the state depends on for drinking water.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The rich are digging boreholes — private wells to reach water in the aquifer.
    — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2018

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