Groundwater

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What is a simple definition of groundwater?

Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.

Groundwater helps to keep our rivers flowing. Groundwater is used for drinking water by close to 50% of the people in the United States, but its largest use is for crop irrigation and agricultural production.

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