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<br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Foreword III <br />Introduction 1 <br />General Facts and Concepts about Ground Water 6 <br />Ground-Water Development, Sustainability, and Water Budgets 15 <br />Ground-Water Budgets 17 <br />Hypothetical Examples of How Ground-Water Systems Change in Response to Pumping 22 <br />Field Examples of How Ground-Water Systems Change in Response to Pumping 24 <br />Long Island, New York 24 <br />High Plains Aquifer 26 <br />Effects of Ground-Water Development on Ground-Water Flow to and from Surface-Water Bodies 30 <br />Streams 30 <br />Lakes 40 <br />Wetlands 42 <br />Springs 43 <br />Coastal Environments 44 <br />Effects of Ground-Water Development on Ground-Water Storage 45 <br />Storage Changes 45 <br />Subsidence 55 <br />Water-Quality Factors Affecting Ground-Water Sustainability 59 <br />Land-Surface/Water-Table Connection 60 <br />Ground-Water/Surface-Water Connection 62 <br />Saltwater Intrusion 64 <br />Meeting the Challenges of Ground-Water Sustainability 67 <br />The Importance of Ground-Water Data 68 <br />Use of Ground-Water Computer Models 70 <br />Strategies for Sustainability 72 <br />Concluding Remarks 76 <br />Acknowledgments 77 <br />References 78 <br /> <br />IV <br />