What happens to ground water when the rate of infiltration is less than the rate of water being pumped out of the ground

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Callie Oliver

Biology

27 September, 06:48

What happens to ground water when the rate of infiltration is less than the rate of water being pumped out of the ground

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Xavier Coffey · Answer 1

If the rate of infiltration is less than than rate of water being pumped out of the ground than the supply of ground water will decrease. The speed it decreases depends on the difference between the rate of infiltration and the rate of water being pumped out of the ground.

Reid Lam · Answer 2

The water table lowers because this means that you have a negative rate of change in water, lowering your available groundwater because you are taking more water than is going back.