transitive + intransitive
: to pump (something) excessively especially : to pump water from (a water source) at a greater rate than it is replenished overpumping groundwater
When the aquifer is overpumped, the dropping water level can make shallower wells useless.
Dan Feldstein When a drought hits and imported water is reduced, farmers start overpumping and subsidence continues.
William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley