Asked by AKSHAY GURU VARADHARAJAN · SRI CHAITANYA TECHNO SCHOOL, JAYANTI NAGAR.
In many cities, people pump out "Groundwater" using borewells. If we take out water faster than the rain can refill it, the "Water Table" drops. What is the most likely long-term result of this?
(A) The soil becomes extra fertile for farming.
(B) Land subsidence (the ground actually sinking) and dried-up wells.
(C) The ocean level will drop because all the water goes underground.
(D) Rainwater will stop falling from the clouds.
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