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Q: What percent of the US uses groundwater?
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What industry uses most of the groundwater pumped every year?

helpp


The single greatest use of groundwater in the US is for?

irrigation


What are long term effects of groundwater pollution?

Groundwater pollution impairs the beneficial uses of groundwater for both current and future generations. Typical beneficial uses include municipal and domestic drinking water supply; industrial supply; agricultural supply; and surface water recharge. Groundwater flows spreads pollution away from the source area, further impairing the groundwater basin. Examples: A petroleum storage and distribution operations has leaked gasoline, MTBE, benzene, and other chemicals know to cause cancer into the groundwater supply. The leak went undetected for several years. The plume of chemicals has traveled over a mile. The basin is unfit for drinking water supply and threatens a nearby river. Agriculture has historically over applied fertilizers. Nitrates and salts in the fertilizers are highly mobile and do not degrade over time. The pollutants accumulate in the groundwater, over time concentrations exceed acceptable thresholds established by the US EPA.


Why is ground water so important to us?

Groundwater not only provides water through wells, but it can replenish rivers and lakes in droughts. Groundwater constantly seeps into other water sources, so contaminated groundwater means contaminated rivers and lakes.


What is the difference between renewable groundwater and nonrenewable groundwater?

What is is the difference between renewable groundwater and nonrenewable groundwater?

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helpp


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What are long term effects of groundwater pollution?

Groundwater pollution impairs the beneficial uses of groundwater for both current and future generations. Typical beneficial uses include municipal and domestic drinking water supply; industrial supply; agricultural supply; and surface water recharge. Groundwater flows spreads pollution away from the source area, further impairing the groundwater basin. Examples: A petroleum storage and distribution operations has leaked gasoline, MTBE, benzene, and other chemicals know to cause cancer into the groundwater supply. The leak went undetected for several years. The plume of chemicals has traveled over a mile. The basin is unfit for drinking water supply and threatens a nearby river. Agriculture has historically over applied fertilizers. Nitrates and salts in the fertilizers are highly mobile and do not degrade over time. The pollutants accumulate in the groundwater, over time concentrations exceed acceptable thresholds established by the US EPA.


How much groundwater was US using each day in 1990?

252.3


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A How many cubic kilometers of water reside within groundwater?

The total volume of readily available global groundwater is about 4.2 x 106 km3 Groundwater makes up about twenty percent of the world's fresh water supply, which is about 0.61% of the entire world's water, including oceans and permanent ice.