ground water

noun

1. underground water that has come mainly from the seepage of surface water and is held in pervious rocks

Example Sentences

Problems, whether these be workers’ rights, migration, declining ground water at the border, economic development or drug trafficking affect both countries and cannot be solved with unilateral decisions.

From Washington Post

If ground water is also compromised, the World Health Organization warns, the threat will be even harder to mitigate.

From The Daily Beast

We filtered the results, focusing on sites that remain dangerous for human exposure and sites that have dangerous ground water.

From The Daily Beast

It is sometimes called ground water or standing water and flows under the influence of gravity.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground-water, instead of rising all through the winter, must have fallen lower and lower as the spring and summer advanced.

From Project Gutenberg

Rain water, coming as it does from the clouds, is free from the chemicals gathered by ground water, and is hence practically pure.

From Project Gutenberg

Evaporating beneath the surface, ground water may deposit a limy cement in beds of loose sand and gravel.

From Project Gutenberg

In dry climates permanent ground water may be found only at depths of hundreds of feet.

From Project Gutenberg