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An aquifer is an underground layer where the material contains water.

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What is water from an aquifer used for in Texas?

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What is water from an aquifer used for in Texas?

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Water from an aquifer in Texas is used for irrigation, municipal use, manufacturing, and livestock production.

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Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock.

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Most aquifers are naturally recharged by rainfall or other surface water that infiltrates into the ground. Recharge may also occur artificially through injection wells or by spreading water over groundwater reservoirs.

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A karst aquifer is an aquifer that occurs within limestone geology, where the limestone has been partially dissolved so that some fractures are enlarged into passages that carry the groundwater flow.

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What types of organisms can live in karst aquifers?

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What types of organisms can live in karst aquifers?

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The type of organisms that can live in karst aquifers are bats, salamanders, cavefish, cave crayfish, cave spiders, cave crickets, and other invertebrates such as cave pill bugs, and tiny snails.

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What is the difference between a confined aquifer and an unconfined aquifer?

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What is the difference between a confined aquifer and an unconfined aquifer?

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A confined aquifer is an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water and an unconfined aquifer is an aquifer whose water table is at atmospheric pressure, therefore being able to rise and fall.

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What is a playa lake? What role does it play in Texas?

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What is a playa lake? What role does it play in Texas?

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Playa lakes are Texas recharge points for the Ogallala Aquifer. They play a critical role in providing a plentiful amount of clean water for the entire region.

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What kinds of aquatic ecosystems exist in groundwater?

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What kinds of aquatic ecosystems exist in groundwater?

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The kind of aquatic ecosystems that exist in groundwater are springs, wetlands, and rivers.

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What adaptations enable aquatic life to exist underground?

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What adaptations enable aquatic life to exist underground?

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Adaptations that enable aquatic life to exist underground are they don't need light to see, their bodies require low oxygen consumption, and they have special chemo receptors and touch receptors.

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A spring is the result of an aquifer being filled to the point that the water overflows onto the land surface.

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How have springs influenced Texas’ history?

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How have springs influenced Texas’ history?

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Springs have influenced Texas history by being an example of the decreasing quality of modern life. Springs were vital to the survival of Texas earliest inhabitants, over 30,000 years ago.

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Faults are a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.

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What is a way humans withdraw water from aquifers?

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What is a way humans withdraw water from aquifers?

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If the aquifer is shallow enough and permeable enough to allow water to move through it at a rapid enough rate, then people can drill wells into it and withdraw water. Withdrawal of groundwater occurs for drinking, irrigation, and other human uses.

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We can help conserve groundwater by:

Shutting off the water when brushing your teeth and don't let it run while waiting for it to get cold

Taking five-minute showers

Reducing the amount of stuff you use and reuse what you can. Recycle paper, plastic, cardboard, glass, aluminum, and other materials.