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Artesian Well, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL

Salt Deposits (Gypsum). (Source: Siim Sepp, http://www.sandatlas.org/)

Brackish water desalination facility in Harlingen, Texas. The plant was built in 2007 and has a capacity of 2.25 million gallons per day. Source: North Cameron Regional Water Supply Corporation

Source: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Overview of Water Quality in Principal Aquifers

Time series of satellite imagery (left) illustrates the progressive emergence of a rocky outcrop from the surface of Lemon Creek Glacier between 2016 and 2021. A debris band visible for many years prior to 2016, marks the feature’s position beneath thinning ice.

Surface water withdrawals in 2015

PROSPER in StreamStats screenshot

Screenshot of raindrop trace in StreamStats

Industrial water use in 2015

Livestock water withdrawals in 2015

Thermoelectric power water withdrawals for 2015

Aquaculture water use in 2015

Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed, from Healy, R.W., Winter, T.C., LaBaugh, J.W., and Franke, O.L., 2007, Water budgets: Foundations for effective water-resources and environmental management: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1308.

Artesian Well (cropped), John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL

USGS gage 01419500 Willowemoc Creek near Livingston Manor, NY

USGS gage 01428000 Tenmile River at Tusten, NY

USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of National Brackish Groundwater Assessment from USGS professional paper 1833 "Brackish Groundwater In The United States."

Available Precipitation - Average from 1934 to 2002 In Inches Per Year

Percentage Change in Population by State and Decade: 1980 - 1990 to 2000 - 2010. For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/p194-171.pdf

Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
(Source: State of Florida Department of Natural Resources. Special Publication No. 21, 1977)