> the distance from the ground to the surface is around 5 millionths The water from aquifers is not just lifted a short distance up to the surface. It is used,

> the distance from the ground to the surface is around 5 millionths The water from aquifers is not just lifted a short distance up to the surface. It is used, ends up in rivers, and spreads around the world's oceans. And the places where we are pumping groundwater are not uniformly distributed around the Earth. We are essentially moving mass to the Pacific.