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Groundwater Aquifer under house
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hubblebubble99
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Hi
I'm halfway through the process of buying a house. The reports from Groundsure have revealed the house sits above a Groundwater Aquifer. I have no idea what this means or if this is a cause for concern. I am getting an indepth survey completed but I wondered if anyone knew anymore about this.
Thanks
I'm halfway through the process of buying a house. The reports from Groundsure have revealed the house sits above a Groundwater Aquifer. I have no idea what this means or if this is a cause for concern. I am getting an indepth survey completed but I wondered if anyone knew anymore about this.
Thanks
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Aquifers are underground water stores - quite a few areas pump drinking water from these. If you look at these maps, millions of us are above aquifers
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/aquifersAndShales/maps/aquifers/home.html0 -
Most of London is above aquifer or one sort or another..
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/waterResources/thames/chalk.html
That'll explain the terribly low prices of properties there then...;)0
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