Overdraft
The pumping of water from a groundwater basin or aquifer in excess of the supply flowing into the basin; results in a depletion or "mining" of the groundwater in the basin. (See> groundwater mining)
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Overdraft. See groundwater overdraft.
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Perched groundwater.
Overdraft - (1) A condition that occurs in a ground water basin when pumping exceeds recharge over an extended period of time.
Sustained overdraft: Long term withdrawal from the aquifer of more water than is being recharged.
Salt water intrusion: Process by which an aquifer is overdrafted creating a flow imbalance within an area that results in salt water encroaching into fresh water supply.
Saturated thickness: Total water-bearing thickness of an aquifer.
 See also: Treatment, Oxygen, Pollutant, Atmosphere, Organic
  
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