Definition of groundwater in US English: groundwater
noun Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
Example sentences
‘Another problem with landfill is fluid polluting groundwater and getting into the water supply.’ ‘The groundwater is becoming saline as the water table sinks because of overuse, and sea water presses in.’ ‘In the absence of a proper clean-up of the site, chemicals are still leaking into the soil and groundwater.’ ‘Therefore, what happens to groundwater at one spot can easily affect the aquifer at another.’ ‘They believe that the company's heavy use of groundwater is causing water shortages.’ ‘It determined that areas with groundwater within two metres of the surface are at high risk of dryland salinity.’ ‘This will help keep contaminated surface water from entering the well and groundwater.’ ‘Water consumption was so heavy as to cause the infiltration of sea water into the groundwater.’ ‘Have the effects on our groundwater and drinking water systems been considered?’ ‘Here on the edge of the sea, as fresh groundwater is depleted, sea-water is beginning to push in.’ ‘So it is clear what groundwater and surface water are understood to mean, and who the targets of the bylaw are.’ ‘The main problem with the spills and overflows is the risk of fuel getting down into the soil and groundwater.’ ‘It is environmentally sound, as it does not contaminate groundwater or use up scarce water resources.’ ‘The shallower the depth to groundwater, the less soil there is to act as a filter.’ ‘She says it plans to enter into a voluntary remediation of the site's soil and groundwater.’ ‘Wetlands are the storehouses of groundwater and play a key role in maintaining the water table.’ ‘They can contaminate underlying soils and groundwater or contaminate storm water which travels to bodies of surface water.’ ‘The fluid has boiled, but is largely undiluted by groundwater.’ ‘Salinity also is a problem in areas with saline groundwater, such as is found in Egypt and Israel.’ ‘But while the soil was moist the plants would not be drawing groundwater.’ Pronunciation groundwater /ˈɡraʊndˌwɔdər/ /ˈɡroundˌwôdər/