Transcription of The Importance of Groundwater D - Longwood
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HOW CAN WEHELPMAINTAIN OURWATERSUPPLY?THEIMPORTANCE OFGROUNDWATER4/7Do you drink Groundwater ? In Virginia,chances are about 80% that thewater you and your students drinkand use everyday is partly or wholly fromgroundwater. Ninety-five percent of Virginiansin rural areas are dependent on their ownwells to provide all their water needs. Manytown and city dwellers also drink Groundwater ,as the vast majority of public water supplysystems (2,300 out of 2,500) use groundwatertoo. In fact, 38 of Virginia s 95 counties arecompletely dependent on Groundwater for public water supplies according to the (1990).
ple, “groundwater quality.” “Ground water,” then, is written as two words when it is not a modifier. For example, “What is the quality of the ground ... pollution than a confined aquifer because pollutants on the land surface can enter the unconfined aquifer as water infiltrates the soil.
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