How to Use groundwater in a Sentence

groundwater

noun
  • There were concerns about contaminated groundwater.
  • But where to cut groundwater use has been a source of conflict.
    — Celina Tebor, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
  • The biggest of which is that a lot of that groundwater is not coming back.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But water from those sources can cost twice as much as local groundwater.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But a wet winter would fill up the reservoirs and many groundwater banks again.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Wells went dry and boat ramps were shuttered as groundwater and lake levels fell.
    — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2021
  • These two rock samples show that groundwater was likely present for a long time in the area.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Drought and groundwater pumping are blamed for the loss of water.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Melting glaciers and overuse of groundwater account for much of the change.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2021
  • One group was studying the movement of the groundwater through a patch of now-salty soil.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But none of that requires us to gamble with groundwater.
    — Alex Burton, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • The new map shows groundwater varies widely across the country.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The process uses huge amounts of groundwater in one of the world’s driest regions.
    — Adrian Croft, Fortune, 11 June 2021
  • The agency said its main concern is groundwater.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
  • The wetlands the dams create help recharge groundwater stores and cleanse the water stored there.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Navajos made do with groundwater pumped by windmills, and did not build their homes next to each other.
    — AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Ice walls were built to limit groundwater from seeping into the site.
    — Yusuke Maekawa, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This constant flow comes as groundwater seeps and gushes from springs that run through the heart of the mountain.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Frost heaving is when groundwater freezes and thaws, causing lawn swelling and root damage.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 3 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Much of it sits in ponds with no liner between the wase and our groundwater underneath.
    — Alex Burton, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • The metals end up in groundwater and creeks, where iron in the mix gives the water an orange color.
    — Alan Collins, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The city now relies on rain to fill a reservoir, and groundwater levels are dwindling.
    — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 29 June 2024
  • Most of the local water supply is in groundwater, and that has been dwindling.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2022
  • But that additional groundwater won’t be nearly enough to make up for the cuts.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2021
  • One of the things that came out of the meetings were concerns regarding groundwater.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The sites selected must have a shallow depth to the bedrock, where the groundwater resides.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The water comes from rain, groundwater and workers washing granite as it is mined and crushed.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Pumping that amount of groundwater isn’t sustainable for the town, even in the medium term.
    — Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The agency relaunched the process to regulate groundwater this fall, which will take about three years.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2022

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