Groundwater Sustainability on Long Island, New York – Limiting Factors

Groundwater Sustainability on Long Island, New York – Limiting Factors: The figure above illustrates the limiting factors for determining groundwater sustainability on Long Island, NY. These factors include the water-quantity effects on aquifer storage and discharge to groundwater-fed lakes, streams, wetlands, and estuaries, and the water-quality concerns of saltwater intrusion and anthropogenic-groundwater contamination. (Public domain)