Quarries in level areas with shallow groundwater or which are located close to surface water often have engineering problems with drainage.

Generally the water is removed by pumping while the quarry is operational, but for high inflows more complex approaches may be required. For example, the Coquina quarry is excavated to more than 60 feet (18 m) below sea level.

To reduce surface leakage, a moat lined with clay was constructed around the entire quarry. Ground water entering the pit is pumped up into the moat.

As a quarry becomes deeper water inflows generally increase and it also becomes more expensive to lift the water higher during removal – this can become the limiting factor in quarry depth. Some water-filled quarries are worked from beneath the water, by dredging.

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