This movement of saltwater into the drinking water ... all those new residents needed water to drink. The constant pumping of the finite fresh groundwater causes the slow, steady march of ...

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 ...

In estuaries—the transitional zones between rivers and the sea—fresh and salt water are constantly battling for dominance. But due to climate change, the saltwater is gaining ground. New research by ...

As the freshwater is pumped out of the ground, salt water ... that pump the water and the people that regulate them are split on the solution. Gary Beard and the Capital Area Groundwater ...

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.

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