Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Governor Herbert Visits Snake Valley Tomorrow for Water Issues


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  1. AnonymousMarch 31, 2013 at 2:25 PM

    Snake Valley watershed is about water sustainability and aquifer replenishment
    The results of over pumping are disastrous, look at this USGS link about land subsidence.
    It is truly amazing.
    http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwlandsubside.html
    From the USGS Groundwater site.
    http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/gwdepletion.html
    Excessive pumping can overdraw the groundwater “bank account”
    The water stored in the ground can be compared to money kept in a bank account. If you withdraw money at a faster rate than you deposit new money you will eventually start having account-supply problems. Pumping water out of the ground faster than it is replenished over the long-term cause’s similar problems. The volume of groundwater in storage is decreasing in many areas of the United States in response to pumping. Groundwater depletion is primarily caused by sustained groundwater pumping. Some of the negative effects of groundwater depletion:
    • drying up of wells
    • reduction of water in streams and lakes
    • deterioration of water quality
    • increased pumping costs
    • land subsidence
    • salt water intrusion

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