Home > Term: overdrafting
overdrafting
Taking more water from a well or aquifer than it can recharge. Results: a falling water table, subsidence (this is what made diking in Holland necessary), encroachment from nearby bodies of saltwater, and eventual exhaustion.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Biology
- Category: Ecology
- Company: Terrapsych.com
0
Creator
- Surus
- 3.03% positive feedback