| Concept URI | http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/3781 |
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| Preferred label | groundwater extraction |
| Definition | The process, deliberate or inadvertent, of extracting ground water from a source at a rate so in excess of the replenishment that the ground water level declines persistently, threatening exhaustion of the supply or at least a decline of pumping levels to uneconomic depths. |
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| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2013-12-05 |
| Accepted Date | 2013-12-05 |
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| Source |
European Environment Agency
Kgs. Nytorv 6, DK-1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark