National Ground Water Awareness Week

National Ground Water Awareness Week

Annually in March

It may not always be visible, but ground water is the source of half the drinking water supplies in the United States. Even though it is out of sight, ground water should not be far out of mind.

Every year in March there is a week designated as National Ground Water Awareness Week.  Here are some articles and information to promote public awareness of the importance of ground water to our daily lives, and some ways to protect this valuable resource.

• Media Advisory
• Article #1. 60 percent of all North Dakotans rely on ground water for their primary source of drinking water. For rural populations, the figure is 97 percent.
• Article #2. Ground water is an important source of surface water.
• Article #3. Approximately 90 percent of community water supplies that provide drinking water to homes, restaurants, day care centers, campgrounds, office buildings, factories, hospitals, schools, etc., come from ground water systems
• Article #4. In the ongoing effort to preserve and protect ground water, strict regulations control the disposal of substances that, unregulated, could affect drinking water in the United States.
• Article #5. The Danger of Ground Water Depletion.
• Ground Water Facts Sheet
• Ground Water Questions & Answers
• National Ground Water Association

View or Download in PDF format

• Media advisory.pdf
• Article 1 - Safeguarding ground water.pdf
• Article 2 - An important source of surface water.pdf
• Article 3 - Public water supplies.pdf
• Article 4 - Underground injection control.pdf
• Article 5 - Ground water depletion.pdf
• Ground water fact sheet.pdf
• Ground water questions and answers.pdf

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Last Updated: 05/01/2007

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