Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on WATER RESOURCE PLAN: AQUIFER DEPLETION. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 4-page paper discusses a possible water resource plan for aquifer depletion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Page Count:
4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AS43_MTaquidepl.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
attempting to stretch water resources despite a growing population is that of aquifer depletion. Aquifers consist of underground layers of water-bearing rock
(generally permeable, or full of holes) or gravel, sand or clay that contain groundwater. Water wells are typically built to extract water from these underground layers of rock. Meanwhile, the
surface of the saturated rock, sand or silt in an aquifer is the water table. There are two types of aquifers:
replenishable and nonreplenishable, also known as "fossil" aquifers (Brown, 2007). With replenishable aquifers are depleted, the maximum rate of pumping is reduced automatically to the rate of recharge, meaning that
until the aquifers refill to an appreciable amount, pumping is reduced to the appropriate level. But the fossil aquifers, including the U.S.
Ogallala aquifer, depletion means pumping stops completely (Brown, 2007). This means the water table is reduced. Though farmers losing their irrigation source do have the option of returning to lower-yield
dryland farming (rainfall amounts permitting), the areas hit the hardest when the Ogallala Aquifer quits pumping are in the desert southwest - loss of irrigation water means agriculture stops (Brown,
2007). Nor is this just happening in the United States, but worldwide, agricultural communities are losing crops to loss of water. If the current situation keeps on, food scarcity could
result, as grain production will continue to fall (Brown, 2007). But it isnt just croplands that suffer when aquifers are depleted.
In China, for example, the fossil aquifer under the North China Plain is dangerously depleted, meaning that water reserves in the Hebei Province are also declining (Brown, 2007). Experts point
...