Farmer Brown lives in a semi-arid part of the United States with numerous small lakes associated with glacial deposits of sand and gravel.He decides he needs to irrigate part of his land and drills a shallow well 100m from his property line with Farmer Smith who has a small lake just across the property line,and he depends on this lake to water his cattle.By late summer,Farmer Smith goes out to his lake and discovers it is dry.What happened?

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Farmer Brown's well has likely caused the water table in the area to drop, creating a cone of depression. This could have led to the lake drying up because the water level in the lake may have been lowered below the lake outlet or because the water flowing into the lake from surrounding groundwater was reduced. This is a common issue when multiple parties are using the same groundwater resources.

Farmer Brown Lives in a Semi-Arid Part of the United