Question

Question #08150

Answer 1

It can lower the water table, which is where the water for the well is coming from.

Explanation:

A useful way to answer some of these questions (other than looking up the specific answer) is to think about what is being asked, and whether the proposed answer makes any sense.

In this case the first concept to keep in mind is just a visual image of a well. It is a pipe stuck into the ground until it is surrounded by water that can be extracted. SO, water and a level are involved.

The first two selections, “zone of porosity” and “zone of aeration” have nothing to do with WATER, and are in fact FIXED levels of structure in the rock.

The third one, “water trough”, is not a well system term, and its common usage is the water container after the well, so it cannot impact the well production.

Therefore, the only possible correct answer is the last one, “water table”.