Anniversary Story: "My View of Groundwater" by Deb Springman

“My View of Groundwater”
By Deb Springman, East Dakota Water Development District

Years ago I wouldn’t have known
But working with natural resource I’ve grown

To understand what lies beneath this land

Between the soil, rocks, and sand

 

Something that each of us needs

As do the animals, the plants and their seeds

 

More precious than gold

At great depths may be thousands of years old

 

Natural springs and artesian wells

Rising up through the ground where it dwells

 

The Great Artesian Basin, Guarani, and Ogallala to name a few

Are just some of the homes it flows through 

 

Has been threatened by overuse

Target of conflict and political abuse

 

Being used heavily for irrigation and drinking

What a calamity if it’s actually shrinking

 

A resource to which we all have a connection

Needs everyone’s help to ensure its protection

 

Deb Springman

East Dakota Water Development District

132B Airport Avenue

Brookings, SD  57006

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23 Weeks Until the 2015 Groundwater Foundation National Conference and 30th Anniversary Celebration!

30th Anniversary Story Teller Sponsor
Marshfield Utilities

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