The water you drink probably entered the ground less than a mile from your well. So, the activities near your own home can have a major impact on your well. For instance, petroleum leaking from a home heating oil tank may percolate down to the top of the water table. Once there, the oil will flow with the ground water.
concession. n. 1. the act of yielding or conceding, as to a demand or argument. 2. something conceded. 3. (Commerce) Brit a reduction in the usual price of a ticket granted to a special group of customers: a student concession.
Under the 1998 Act, the NPS may award temporary concession contracts for a term not to exceed three years in order to avoid an interruption of services to the public. (16 U.S.C. 5952(11)). The current 36 CFR 51.24 describes the circumstances under which the NPS may award a temporary concession contract.