Question

A region in the southern United States has seen a steady increase of the depth of its water table over the past 20 years. What does this data suggest?
A. The groundwater is being filtered through impermeable rock faster.
B. The groundwater is being discharged faster than it is being recharged.
C. The inhabitants of the area have learned to conserve groundwater.
D. Precipitation in this area has increased over the past 20 years.

Answer 1

Answer:

• ==>> I hope you appreciate my spending an hour in the blazing sun to dig this hole at the beach. It is a great way to illustrate the concept of how, below a certain depth, the ground, if it is permeable enough to hold water, is saturated with water. The upper surface of this zone of saturation is called the water table. The saturated zone beneath the water table is called an aquifer, and aquifers are huge storehouses of water. What you are looking at in this picture is a "well" that exposes the water table, with an aquifer beneath it. Of course, I am cheating here, as at the beach, the level of the water table is always at the same level as the ocean, which is just below the surface of the beach.

• Groundwater is one of our most valuable resources—even though you probably never see it or even realize it is there. As you may have read, most of the void spaces in the rocks below the water table are filled with water. These rocks have different porosity and permeability characteristics, which means that water does not move around the same way in all rocks below ground.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. The groundwater is being discharged faster than it is being recharged.

Explanation:

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