The process of extracting groundwater beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield of the aquifer.

plural of overdrafting

plural of overdraft

(uncountable) The act of overdrawing a bank account. / (countable) The amount overdrawn. / (countable) The maximum amount that may be overdrawn.

(transitive) To extract groundwater from (an aquifer) beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield.

simple past tense and past participle of overdraft

plural of daylight overdraft

(banking) A debit balance in the customer’s account that occurs in the course of the banking day and is expected to be repaid by a credit to the account prior to the end of the banking day.