Million-year-old groundwater in Maryland water supply

Monday, June 18, 2012 - 19:30 in Earth & Climate

A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. A new study suggests that this ancient groundwater, a vital source of freshwater supplies for the region east of Washington, DC and Baltimore, was recharged over periods of time much greater than human timescales.

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