Kure beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Photo source: ©© Virginia Sanderson
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Saltwater has migrated inland into freshwater aquifers that supply hundreds of private and public wells in the New Hanover County area, North Carolina, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report.
The results of the study are a telltale sign of how the demand from a population that has exploded since the 1990s has affected aquifers, sources that will continue to be pressured if population growth projections are fulfilled and new industries move to the area…
