Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction
WorldPhysical EnvironmentAgricultureLocations where groundwater systems experience levels of extraction exceeding recharge rates over a limited period of time
Die Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und RohstoffeA map shows areas of heavy groundwater extraction worldwide, marked with blue shaded dots. Highest extraction areas include the United States, Mexico, China, and India.
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 | Tropical Cyclone Zones | |
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Arizona | 1 | 1.23% | 98.8% | |||||||||
Utah | 1.69% | 98.3% | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||||||
Idaho | 4.63% | 95.4% | ||||||||||
New Hampshire | 72.0% | 27.9% | ||||||||||
Rhode Island | 2.00% | 3.88% | ||||||||||
Vermont | 95.7% | 4.07% | ||||||||||
Washington | 23.4% | 70.9% | ||||||||||
Wyoming | 100% | |||||||||||
Montana | 9.26% | 90.7% | ||||||||||
Maine | 17.3% | 69.8% | 10.8% | |||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | |||||||||||
Kentucky | 1.72% | 54.3% | 1.61% | 9.53% | ||||||||
Virginia | 3.50% | 1.66% | 15.4% | |||||||||
Delaware | 17.4% | 81.8% | ||||||||||
West Virginia | 7.63% | 45.0% | 12.8% | 8.92% | ||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | |||||||||||
Texas | 2 | 8.53% | 1.49% | 4.74% | 5.19% | 56.4% | ||||||
Missouri | 26.1% | 26.9% | 12.0% | 34.2% | ||||||||
Oregon | 2.68% | 97.3% | ||||||||||
Alabama | 84.6% | 13.4% | ||||||||||
New Mexico | 4.15% | 91.3% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 100% | |||||||||||
Wisconsin | 4.01% | 46.8% | 27.3% | 21.3% | ||||||||
New Jersey | 5.98% | 36.6% | 32.6% | 23.7% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 1 | 33.6% | 64.2% | 2.08% | ||||||||
Michigan | 24.0% | 10.0% | 4.73% | 13.3% | ||||||||
Connecticut | 49.9% | 50.0% | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 3.58% | 34.8% | 29.1% | 10.8% | ||||||||
Colorado | 1 | 1.85% | 3.55% | 88.3% | ||||||||
Nevada | 100% | |||||||||||
Georgia | 7.01% | 3.21% | 2.51% | 3.47% | ||||||||
New York | 4.25% | 52.6% | 35.3% | |||||||||
Maryland | 12.5% | 29.8% | 10.3% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 1 | 2.73% | 5.70% | 91.6% | ||||||||
Tennessee | 5.63% | 19.5% | 14.5% | 3.55% | ||||||||
California | 1 | 99.7% | ||||||||||
Arkansas | 1 | 17.5% | 40.8% | 7.44% | 10.2% | |||||||
South Dakota | 100% | |||||||||||
Ohio | 5.07% | 9.56% | 59.7% | 23.0% | ||||||||
Indiana | 12.8% | 4.37% | 8.75% | 5.18% | ||||||||
Minnesota | 2.86% | 4.42% | 92.3% | |||||||||
Iowa | 1.50% | 98.5% | ||||||||||
Illinois | 1 | 39.9% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 3.08% | 9.73% | ||||||
Florida | 1.32% | 13.8% | 25.9% | 2.91% | ||||||||
Mississippi | 14.3% | 79.0% | 5.27% | 0.303% | ||||||||
Louisiana | 41.6% | 42.5% | 8.80% | 4.48% | 2.23% | 2.07% | ||||||
North Carolina | 1 | 1.35% | 37.2% | 1.72% | 9.88% | 0.888% | ||||||
Massachusetts | 98.2% | 0.220% | ||||||||||
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