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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

Die Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

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	Denver Basin	-2.0 to 0.0	0.0 to 1.9	2.0 to 3.9	4.0 to 5.9	6.0 to 7.9	8.0 to 9.9	10.0 to 11.9	12.0 to 13.9	14.0 to 15.9	18.0 to 19.9	20.0 to 21.9	22.0 to 23.9	24.0 to 25.9	26.0 to 27.9	28.0 to 29.9
Arizona	1
South Carolina	1
Colorado		1
Oklahoma	1
Arkansas	1
Illinois	1
Alaska			0.243%			0.756%	0.368%
Northwest Territories			0.540%
Florida												0.797%	0.110%	0.317%	0.665%
Rhode Island						4.89%
Washington								0.825%
Nunavut			2.12%
Maine							0.534%
Nova Scotia				1.84%	0.489%	0.275%	0.472%
Virginia							0.725%
Delaware							1.06%
Prince Edward Island				5.18%
Texas	2											0.214%
Louisiana												1.00%
Hawaii															10.0%	0.778%	4.46%
North Carolina	1								0.239%	0.183%		0.286%
New Brunswick				0.647%			0.219%
Alabama												0.114%
Wisconsin					0.545%
British Columbia							1.06%
Newfoundland and Labrador			1.04%	0.607%
New Jersey						0.163%	1.14%
Michigan					1.89%
Connecticut						0.194%
Massachusetts						1.32%	2.66%						0.220%
Georgia												0.230%
New York						0.265%	0.344%
Maryland							2.09%
Québec			0.165%
Ontario					0.375%
California	1									0.120%	0.206%

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