Underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water.
1This allows the position of the sea water interface to be managed by artificially controlling the groundwater level.
2Photo: AFP The proposal would allow them to dig 3m below the groundwater level, 4m lower than the current restrictions.
3There is a lot of evidence that trees will raise the groundwater levels.
4That may prove useful in monitoring groundwater levels one day.
5In parts of the South East, groundwater levels are lower than in the summer of 1976.
6The results indicate that a significant pedological gradient occurs, which is influenced by varying seasonal groundwater levels.
7In parts of south-east England groundwater levels are lower than in the infamously dry summer of 1976.
8The Environment Agency says the greatest risk of flooding is in Dorset where groundwater levels are still rising.
9The trucks get their supply from wells, rapidly being dug to ever deeper levels as groundwater levels plunge.
10Raised groundwater levels means an increased risk of flooding as there is nowhere for the rain to drain away.
11'They've got over two hundred boreholes recording groundwater levels every thirty minutes,' persisted Toshiko.
12According to Pakistan Water Gateway, a non-governmental water-research portal, groundwater levels in the country are dropping by three feet annually.
13In some countries, data on groundwater levels or land fertility is considered a matter of national security, to be kept secret.
14Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman is hosting a drought summit as parts of England struggle with groundwater levels lower than in 1976.
15The study forecast the plume would not spread very much as long as other things such as groundwater levels remained steady.
16Water from the roofs of surrounding buildings drains into two smaller basins and then soaks in to top up groundwater levels.
Translations for groundwater level