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.
concede. âº [C] COMMERCE a âsmall âbusiness that is âallowed to âsell âgoods, âfood, or âservices on âproperty âowned by someone else, for âexample, inside an âairport or a large âstore: open/operate/run a concession The furniture and homeware âretailer has recently âopened its first concession within a garden âcentre.