Over-pumping of groundwater, often for agriculture or urban supply, accelerates saltwater intrusion by lowering aquifer pressure. Implementing sustainable water use policies, such as regulated ...

Over-extraction of groundwater in these areas can lead to salt water intrusion, where ocean water ... Declining groundwater levels increase the cost of pumping the water to the surface.

Chemical Indicators of Saltwater Intrusion for the Gulf Islands ... Electrical Conductivity (EC) of groundwater compared to Pumping Vulnerability assessed on the basis of Well Density. For Salt Spring ...

The move came after an LSU researcher recently recommended a three-year effort to build a saltwater-intrusion ... the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission that pumping has caused ...

Estuaries around the world expected to become saltier in the coming decades ...

In 2013, Baton Rouge Water Co. spent $3 million to drill twin wells along North Street to intercept underground salt water creeping north toward an important drinking water pump station.

As far back as the 10th century, Dutch farmers were draining their land—pumping ... intrusion. Saltwater is expected to reach further upstream in Dutch rivers, while seepage of saline ...