tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247943366370520835.post3244311262644339394..comments2024-02-05T11:59:47.423-06:00Comments on Groundwater Blog: Why Protect Groundwater?The Groundwater Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18296153815316744722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247943366370520835.post-6219385627878535762012-08-01T13:43:45.631-05:002012-08-01T13:43:45.631-05:00As you can imagine it is hard to estimate how much...As you can imagine it is hard to estimate how much water exists and where it is located. This USGS source gives us some good numbers.<br /><br />You can see the data table on this page:<br />http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html<br /><br />These numbers would indicate that groundwater makes up about 30 percent of the world's fresh water supply, which is about 0.76% of the entire world's water, including oceans and permanent ice. Global groundwater (fresh+saline) storage is roughly equal to the total amount of freshwater stored in the snow and ice pack, including the north and south poles.The Groundwater Foundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296153815316744722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247943366370520835.post-38743198551966052072012-07-31T04:29:54.267-05:002012-07-31T04:29:54.267-05:00Groundwater makes up about twenty percent of the w...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. Global groundwater storage is roughly equal to the total amount of freshwater stored in the snow and ice pack, including the north and south poles.All about waterhttp://allwaterinfo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com