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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES


Ground Water Overdrafting

Must Be Controlled


Many areas of the Nation suffer from problems
caused by ground water overdrafting--the ex-
tracting of more ground water than will be re-
plenished over a long period of time. Over-
drafting can cause

      --land subsidence,

      --saltwater intrusion into freshwater
      aquifers,
      --reduced surface water flows,
      --increased energy consumption, and

      --disruption of social and economic
      activities.

GAO recommends that the Congress direct the
Departments of Agriculture, the Army, and
the Interior to require that affected States and
communities implement or have plans to im-
plement a program for controlling ground wa-
ter pumping and a conservation program before
the start of federally funded water resources
or ground water mitigation projects.


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                 CED-80-96
         SEPTEMBER 12, 1980


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