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Porous sandstone aquifer Porous sandstone aquifer Precipitation Runoff Runoff Slurry tank Tailings pile Leachate Runoff Transpiration Evaporation Transpiration River Crop dusting Runoff Manure spreading Septic system Private well Sand & gravel aquifer Zone of saturation Livestock waste storage pit Artwork by JimMcEvoy Irrigation Infiltration Infiltration Zone of aeration Water table Municipal well Zone of saturation Sand & gravel aquifer Lake Wetland Infiltration Zone of aeration Water table Construction erosion Underground storage tank Abandoned mine shaft Hazardous waste Sanitary landfill Municipal sewage treatment plant Road salt Soil erosion Direction of groundwater movement Human induced impacts on groundwater Creviced limestone aquifer Creviced limestone aquifer Direction of groundwater movement Natural processes Evaporation Evaporation Transpiration Evaporation Groundwater and land use in the water cycle Groundwater and land use in the water cycle

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Porous sandstone aquifer

Porous sandstone aquifer

Precipitation

RunoffRunoff

Slurry tank

Tailings pile

Leachate

Runoff

TranspirationEvaporation

Transpiration

RiverCrop dusting

Runoff

Manure spreading

Septic system

Privatewell Sand & gravel aquifer

Zone of saturation

Livestock waste storage pit

Artwork by JimMcEvoy

Irrigation

Infiltration

Infiltration Zone of aeration

Water table

Municipal well

Zone of saturation

Sand & gravel aquifer

Lake

Wetland

Infiltration

Zone of aeration

Water table

Construction erosion

Underground storage tank

Abandoned mine shaft

Hazardous waste

Sanitary landfill

Municipal sewage treatment plant

Roadsalt

Soil erosion

Direction of groundwater movement

Human induced impacts on groundwater

Creviced limestone aquifer

Creviced limestone aquifer

Direction of groundwater movement

Natural processes

Evaporation

Evaporation

Transpiration

Evaporation

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