How to Use aquifer in a Sentence

aquifer

noun

• Worst of all, the persistent pumping means that, one day, aquifers might run out of usable water.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 16 Apr. 2020
• Workers who maintain the water supply must access the aquifers.
  — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• For years, the toxic plume has been gradually moving through the aquifer beneath the city.
  — Ian James, azcentral, 14 May 2020
• When this type of water is tapped by a well, the water rises above the top of the aquifer and flows from the well onto land for sourcing.
  — Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Several aquifers were breached during its construction.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
• Foreign entities should not be pumping infinite groundwater from our aquifers.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
• Conservationists pointed out that because all the wells are connected to the same aquifer, pumping millions of gallons of groundwater from a well offsite would take a toll on the refuge.
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2020
• Biodiversity loss, aquifer drainage, ocean acidification, soil degradation, and, biggest of all, climate change—who can look at this list without quailing?
  — National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2020
• However, there are projections showing the aquifer that the region’s municipalities rely on for well water is depleting.
  — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• The aquifer stood at 625 feet as of Tuesday, per the EAA.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
• The only way to know for sure is to sample the aquifer.
  — Hannah Richter, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
• The good news is there are actions that can lessen the strain on aquifers.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 1 Feb. 2024
• The draining of the aquifer is causing portions of the valley floor to sink.
  — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Mad River Well field, which the city uses to tap the aquifer.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
• But the utility draws water from the same aquifer as the Navy.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
• Two wells were drilled in 2013 to tap into a part of the aquifer with pure water.
  — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2020
• The answers show why the country’s aquifers are in trouble.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• More than 90 percent of the water in Gaza’s sole aquifer is no longer potable.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• The new research shows that crucial aquifers around the world are drying up.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
• Plans call for adding more water to the city’s main aquifer than would be withdrawn.
  — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2021
• Both tribes use the same aquifer, with wells reaching thousands of feet into the ground.
  — Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 7 July 2023
• Thanks to an aquifer beneath the city, Desert Hot Springs has some of the purest hot and cold mineral springs in the world.
  — Rosemary McClure, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• The breadth and depth of the aquifer generally decrease from north to south.
  — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 23 Nov. 2021
• For decades, scientists have known about an aquifer off the US East Coast.
  — Hannah Richter, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
• Wyckoff said the cedars were key in keeping the aquifer free of saltwater.
  — Ginger Zee, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• And that has raised the aquifer to a point that water is seeping out into the river again.
  — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• That’s because the train will, in part, be built right on top of the aquifer’s most fragile points of contact with the surface.
  — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• Well: This means the home has access to groundwater from the local aquifer.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2024
• The hospital tried tapping an aquifer, but the water was too salty to use.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
• The report cited cleanup efforts at the site as helping to improve the aquifer.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 June 2021

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024