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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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Display by:	Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction		Acid Rain									Opioid Deaths (U.S.)
	Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction	Denver Basin	4.50–4.59 pH	4.60–4.69 pH	4.70–4.79 pH	4.80–4.89 pH	4.90–4.99 pH	5.00–5.09 pH	5.10–5.19 pH	5.20–5.29 pH	≥5.30 pH	Class	Rank	Deaths per 100,000 people
Nebraska											100%
Louisiana							41.6%	42.5%	8.80%	4.48%	2.23%
Pennsylvania			3.58%	34.8%	29.1%	10.8%
Alabama							84.6%	13.4%					29	249
Alaska													16	338
Arizona	1									1.23%	98.8%		19	304
Arkansas	1							17.5%	40.8%	7.44%	10.2%		42	118
California	1										99.7%		31	237
Colorado		1							1.85%	3.55%	88.3%		30	242
Connecticut					49.9%	50.0%							7	399
Delaware					17.4%	81.8%							3	520
District of Columbia					100%								1	792
Florida						1.32%	13.8%	25.9%					25	271
Georgia						7.01%	3.21%	2.51%	3.47%				35	190
Hawaii													46	90.0
Idaho										4.63%	95.4%		41	145
Illinois	1						39.9%	27.0%	15.0%	3.08%	9.73%		24	275
Indiana					12.8%	4.37%	8.75%	5.18%					20	300
Iowa										1.50%	98.5%		47	81.1
Kansas											100%		36	181
Kentucky					1.72%	54.3%	1.61%	9.53%					6	435
Maine							17.3%	69.8%	10.8%				5	468
Maryland					12.5%	29.8%	10.3%						9	392
Massachusetts						98.2%							14	357
Michigan						24.0%	10.0%	4.73%	13.3%				27	266
Minnesota									2.86%	4.42%	92.3%		33	202
Mississippi							14.3%	79.0%	5.27%				37	168
Missouri								26.1%	26.9%	12.0%	34.2%		22	283
Montana										9.26%	90.7%		43	113
Nevada											100%		23	281
New Hampshire						72.0%	27.9%						17	328
New Jersey				5.98%	36.6%	32.6%	23.7%						21	289
New Mexico										4.15%	91.3%		12	370
New York				4.25%	52.6%	35.3%							38	162
North Carolina	1				1.35%	37.2%	1.72%	9.88%					34	197
North Dakota											100%		45	110
Ohio			5.07%	9.56%	59.7%	23.0%							10	391
Oklahoma	1								2.73%	5.70%	91.6%		32	217
Oregon										2.68%	97.3%		18	321
Rhode Island					2.00%	3.88%							15	348
South Carolina	1					33.6%	64.2%	2.08%					11	374
South Dakota											100%		48	43.8
Tennessee					5.63%	19.5%	14.5%	3.55%					4	480
Texas	2						8.53%	1.49%	4.74%	5.19%	56.4%		44	113
Utah										1.69%	98.3%		40	149
Vermont						95.7%	4.07%						8	399
Virginia					3.50%	1.66%	15.4%						26	269
Washington										23.4%	70.9%		13	362
West Virginia				7.63%	45.0%	12.8%	8.92%						2	735
Wisconsin								4.01%	46.8%	27.3%	21.3%		28	261
Wyoming											100%		39	157

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