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If you're talking about groundwater flow ("underground streams" is misleading), then yes, there can be some backup as flow hits the basements of some buildings, but there is often a corresponding subsidence on the other side. The pumps can actually worsen that subsidence, but usually, the flow does not raise the water table absolutely, like you were saying earlier.

I hear tell of development dropping local water tables, as more and more runoff is diverted to sewers, and even in places where wells are not used.

by Neil Flanagan on Jun 23, 2012 1:10 am • link • report

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