>I'm fortunate. I live over a couple of hundred feet of fossil beach
>sand
>(eastern North Carolina). The rainwater doesn't even pause at the
>surface before soaking down to the water table. Wells are easy to
>dig and to maintain. We also have several aquifers down there, so if
>you get too many neighbors and your well water starts running short
>in a dry spell, you can just drill another hundred feet down and get
>the "first sip" of an untapped aquifer. I realize not everyone
>enjoys this blessing.
>
sounds like a race to tap the fossil water before your neighbours. Once its
gone, its gone - just like oil! Groundwater can also have quality problems -
e.g. agricultural runoff of pesticides and excess fertiliser (there is
almost always an excess)...causes blue-baby syndrome (lack of oxygen in
blood) in southern Alberta.
M. Elvin
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