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Ground Water Awareness Week

Fact Sheet

 

 

Ground Water Facts & Figures*

 

·       Ground water provides:

o      About 22 percent of all freshwater withdrawals.

o      About 37 percent of agricultural use (mostly for irrigation).

o      About 37 percent of the public water supply withdrawals.

o      About 51 percent of all drinking water for the total population.

o      About 99 percent of drinking water for the rural population

 

·       Seventy-five percent of American cities depend on ground water for at least some of their drinking water.

·       Fifty percent of all Americans rely on ground water for their primary source of drinking water. For rural populations, the figure is 95 percent.

 

·       The average American uses 100 gallons of water per day.

·       About 75 percent of the water that comes into our homes goes down the drain again.

 

 

*From the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency