Acme Industries has written a proposal to develop a new factory near your home. The industry will require large amounts of groundwater as part of their production process. If acme industries builds this new factory near your home the water table will______ over time? A. will not be affected   B. drop evenly throughout the area to the depth of Acme Industries well   C. form a cone of depression near Acme Industries   D. Raise near your home

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Acme Industries has written a proposal to develop a new factory near your home. The industry will require large amounts of groundwater as part of their production process. If acme industries builds this new factory near your home the water table will______ over time?

A.

will not be affected

  B.

drop evenly throughout the area to the depth of Acme Industries well

  C.

form a cone of depression near Acme Industries

  D.

Raise near your home

ACME INDUSTRIES
Water table
Groundwater flow
Transcribed Image Text:ACME INDUSTRIES Water table Groundwater flow
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