groundwater
noun
ground·wa·ter
ˈgrau̇nd-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: water within the earth especially that supplies wells and springs
Examples of groundwater in a Sentence
There were concerns about contaminated groundwater.
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Gila River has stored groundwater and was the first in the Western Hemisphere to place solar panels over canals to both conserve water and generate electricity.
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Quicksand is a muddy mixture of sand, water and sometimes clay that forms from rising groundwater.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Anaheim is spending $200 million to outfit several of its groundwater wells with ion exchange filtration – a technique that uses resin beads to snare and remove particles from water, according to the city website.
—Austin Fast, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The probation could have shifted control of the basin’s groundwater management from the local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to the State Water Board, requiring groundwater users, from agricultural irrigators to water districts, to report their pumping, install meters and pay state fees.
—Chaewon Chung
december 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Quicksand is a muddy mixture of sand, water and sometimes clay that forms from rising groundwater.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Anaheim is spending $200 million to outfit several of its groundwater wells with ion exchange filtration – a technique that uses resin beads to snare and remove particles from water, according to the city website.
—Austin Fast, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The probation could have shifted control of the basin’s groundwater management from the local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to the State Water Board, requiring groundwater users, from agricultural irrigators to water districts, to report their pumping, install meters and pay state fees.
—Chaewon Chung
december 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for groundwater
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“Groundwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groundwater. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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groundwater
noun
ground·wa·ter
ˈgrau̇n-ˌdwȯt-ər
-ˌdwät-
: water within the earth that supplies wells and springs
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