Groundwater and depletion of water table

Groundwater is mostly used as drinking water source by us. 

Constructing factories and houses involve a large scale of deforestation. Due to deforestation, the soil will not remain intact due to which the water holding capacity of the soil decreases which causes a depletion in the water table. Making of concrete floors and roads do not allow the rainwater to seep through the soil and therefore causes a fall in the level of the water table.

Well water is an example of underground water. A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving and or drilling to access ground water in underground aquifers. The well water is drawn by a pump or using containers such as buckets that are raised mechanically or by hand.

Water table is also called ground water table and it changes from time to time, and from place to place according to availability of sources and it goes down when rains in monsoon season are less.

The level of water table falls in a place, where the number of water pumps increases because with the help of water pumps groundwater is extracted and this depleted groundwater is not replaced as concrete houses and roads do not allow the rainwater to seep through the soil.

Water found inn wells is underground water ground water is a found in underground aquiters where it is naturally feltued through many layers of rock and sand.

Due to number of water pumps the water level decreases due excess use of water, and if the number of roads and houses increases the rainwater absorption decreases so that ground water cannot refill after the excess use. 

The minimum depth in the soil where all the spaces are filled with water is called the water table.

All the given reasons as insufficient rainfall, industrial activities and excessive use of ground water are responsible for the depletion of water table. 

The water table is also known as ground water table in which water seeps into the ground and move downward till it reaches the stage of saturation. The velocity at which water flows underground depends on the permeability of the rocks.

The water table is also known as ground water table in which water seeps into the ground and move downward till it reaches the stage of saturation hence it fluctuates by changes in seasons, precipitation or by withdrawing a large amount of water. 

All the three options cause depletion in water table in a place as first and second case consume water and third case decrease water retention of soil and also decrease rainfall.

The water table is also called as groundwater table. It's recharge depend on the recharge from infiltration of precipitation so when a drought hit the land surface it affects the water level below ground. This result in falling groundwater level due to evaporation and flow.

The upper limit of this layer where water is present between particles of soil and gaps between rocks is called water table and water below the layer is called groundwater.

The process of seeping out water into the ground is known as infiltration.

Ground water accumulator between the layer of hard rocks (water bearing permeable rock, rock fractures). It is known as aquifer.

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand or salt). Ground water can be extracted using a water well.

When a water-bearing rock readily transmits water to wells and springs, it is called an aquifer. Wells can be drilled into the aquifers and water can be pumped out with handpump or tubewell.

If we dig a hole in ground near a water body, the soil becomes moist. Because the ground water accumulated inside the ground provide moisture to the soil.

Tubewell are used to pump out water from ground and acquifer.