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Groundwater is the water in the water underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rocks. It is stored underground in the confining layers and gaps in the soil. Where possible, it moves slowly through aquifer composition formed from the soil, sand, and rock sediment in the soil. In most of the land, it is freshwater that is readily purified for most uses.
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McNabb, D.E., Swenson, C.R. (2023). Groundwater: The Disappearing Resource. In: America’s Water Crises. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27380-3_6
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