Salt Water Intrusion
The invasion of fresh surface or ground water by salt water. If it comes from the ocean it may be called seawater intrusion.
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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.
Salt Water Intrusion: Movement of salty or brackish groundwater into wells and into aquifers previously occupied by fresh or less mineralized groundwater either through upconing or sea water encroachment.
Injection Wells Injection wells have a range of uses including waste disposal, enhancing oil production, mining, and preventing salt water intrusion. Inorganic Mulch Materials not derived from plants but are used as protective mulch over soil.
 See also: Soil, Liquid, Pollution, Pollutant, Waste
  
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