How can groundwater depletion affect streams and water quality? (site 1)

Ground water pumping can alter how water moves between aquifer and a stream, or lake by either intercepting groundwater flow that discharges into the surface-water body under natural conditions, or by increasing the rate of water movement from the surface-water body into an aquifer.

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