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A wastewater plant in Houston had a sewage leak that spilled a million gallons of raw sewage pollution into a lake. If the pollution was only spilled in the lake, why is the government warning farmers
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A wastewater plant in Houston had a sewage leak that spilled a million gallons of raw sewage pollution into a lake. If the pollution was only spilled in the lake, why is the government warning farmers that live 5 miles away not to drink their well water?

A.Pollution will be evaporated and contaminate the farmers' wells when it rains.

B.Lake water remains surface water and eventually affects all surface water in the area.

C.Lake water eventually becomes groundwater and could contaminate area wells.

D.Groundwater does not flow so pollution remains in the area forever.

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it has to be either B or C

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The correct answer is C
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