alleryWhy is groundwater often treated as non-renewable at a place?
AMostly salty water
BDrawn faster than recharge
COwned by the nation
DPolluted by acid rain
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Drawn faster than recharge
1. Water is renewable only when usage and release are carefully controlled.
2. Groundwater is usually removed from an aquifer at a rate much greater than its slow natural recharge.
3. So at that place it behaves as a non-renewable resource.
_Source: Wikipedia, Renewable resource, Water resources_
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