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Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction

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Locations where groundwater systems experience levels of extraction exceeding recharge rates over a limited period of time

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A map shows areas of heavy groundwater extraction worldwide, marked with blue shaded dots. Highest extraction areas include the United States, Mexico, China, and India.

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Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction

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Class

Rank

Percent

Alabama
856%
Alaska
365%
Arizona
12446%
Arkansas
1657%
California
14328%
Colorado
13045%
Connecticut
4524%
Delaware
4134%
Florida
4035%
Georgia
1849%
Hawaii
4715%
Idaho
460%
Illinois
14428%
Indiana
3145%
Iowa
3344%
Kansas
1949%
Kentucky
1255%
Louisiana
1353%
Maine
2247%
Maryland
4230%
Massachusetts
4915%
Michigan
3840%
Minnesota
3443%
Mississippi
756%
Missouri
2049%
Montana
166%
Nebraska
2945%
Nevada
2147%
New Hampshire
3641%
New Jersey
5015%
New Mexico
2546%
New York
4620%
North Carolina
12646%
North Dakota
1055%
Ohio
3940%
Oklahoma
11155%
Oregon
1551%
Pennsylvania
3741%
Rhode Island
4815%
South Carolina
11749%
South Dakota
955%
Tennessee
1452%
Texas
22746%
Utah
2347%
Vermont
1651%
Virginia
3245%
Washington
3542%
West Virginia
559%
Wisconsin
2845%
Wyoming
266%
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