Background/Need Groundwater use in southeastern Wisconsin has resulted in more than 400 feet of drawdown in the deep sandstone aquifer since pumping begin in the 1860’s. Because of this dra...

In the U.S. alone, about 5,000,000 people are diagnosed annually with ulcers, 1,000,000 are hospitalized, 40,000 undergo surgery, and 6,500 die from ulcer-related complications (Poms, 2001: ...