Multiple Choice
When water is pumped from a well it creates a cone-of-depression. What is the basic reason this sometimes causes problems?
A) it reverses the natural direction of groundwater flow
B) it causes increased pressure within the aquifer
C) it causes the water table to become flat
D) it slows the natural rate of groundwater flow
E) it causes the potentiometric surface to merge with the water table
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