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Why would pollution contamination of an aquifer be potentially more serious (put more people at risk) than contamination of a small surface pond? You can annotate the diagram below to support your explanation
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Why would pollution contamination of an aquifer be potentially more serious (put more

people at risk) than contamination of a small surface pond? You can annotate the
diagram below to support your explanation

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I think because it would get into our drinking water. And an aquifer is ground water that we use for many things like a well is how we extract ground water
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