Whether all the contaminated groundwater should be cleaned up and the amount of money that has been set aside by the federal government for cleaning polluted groundwater. The organization that should pay for groundwater cleanup if the company that polluted the water no longer exists. Whether some aquifer should be left deliberately contaminated if there is no current use of the water or if the future use could be banned
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The groundwater is a natural source of water which is present in the underground water table. It is used for drinking and agricultural purposes. The water gets contaminated due to several human actions. It gets polluted by the percolation of pesticides and fertilizers from the agricultural land. The leaching of liquid and solid waste to the underground water table also pollutes the groundwater
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