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<br /> <br />- ~ <br />:.0 <br /> <br />f <br /> <br /> <br />FIGl.'1lE 12-0Id-faJhioFled lift pump. <br /> <br />The other \-\3\ is b> pouring or injecting fresh <br />water directly into wdL.. built for the purpose, :b <br />in Long Island. Thi... is a 'more expen"i\'l~ <br />method, and is justified only where the spreading <br />method is not feasible. <br />You may wonder why anyone w'ould pour <br />water imo a \-\c11 only to haul it up ag-ain. Why <br />not k('{"p the watt'f on the surian' to ht-gin with, <br />if you ha\"C it to ~pare? But this is not a true <br />picture of what really hap~ns. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />Water used for recharge pu~ is always <br />surplus water-waIn that ha.<; already beto u..~d <br />for some purpose, or wat(,f from high-flow pe- <br />riods of a river, which L<; not nt"eclcd for use at <br />txa~tly that St'ason. Such wattT, if not stored in <br />surface or ground-water rcxT\'oi~. would just <br />run down to the sea and be JOe'l for beneficial use <br />hy man. The purpa<e of rcchan~ing: an aquifer <br />is not ooh to fe:.tOf(' 111(' wat('f table to normal <br />I('\"('l<-.. but to ~tOf(' surplus walCf fOf times ""hen <br /> <br />