Groundwater depletion occurs when
A) geothermal heating turns groundwater into steam.
B) the water table rises when a well pump is turned off.
C) fresh groundwater is contaminated with salty water from the ocean.
D) groundwater is pumped from an aquifer faster than it can be resupplied.
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