Estimates for self-supplied domestic withdrawals and population served for selected principal aquifers, calendar year 2005

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Factors affecting groundwater quality in the Valley and Ridge aquifers, eastern United States, 1993-2002

“…In contrast, withdrawals from siliciclastic-rock aquifers were considerably less at a total of about 95 Mgal/d, or 0.61, 48.9, and 45.5 Mgal/d for irrigation, public-supply, and self-supplied industrial uses, respectively (Maupin and Barber, 2005). Selfsupplied domestic withdrawals from the Valley and Ridge aquifers was 110 Mgal/d in 2005 (Maupin and Arnold, 2010).…”

Quality of water from crystalline rock aquifers in New England, New Jersey, and New York, 1995-2007

“…Often called "fractured bedrock," crystalline rock aquifers are the most extensive and widely available aquifers in New England, in a small part of northern New Jersey, and in northcentral New York. About 74 million gallons of groundwater were withdrawn per day (Mgal/d) from NECR aquifers for public supply, 49 Mgal/d for domestic supply, 12 Mgal/d for self-supplied industrial use, and 11 Mgal/d for irrigation use (Maupin and Barber, 2005;Maupin and Arnold, 2010). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has estimated that about 2.3 million people (about 20 percent New England's population) obtain drinking water from their own private (domestic) well (accessed April 15, 2012, at http://www.epa.gov/region1/eco/drinkwater/private_well_ owners.html) and NECR aquifers are the dominant source of water to these wells.…”

The quality of our nation's waters: water quality in the Principal Aquifers of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Valley and Ridge regions, eastern United States, 1993-2009

“…(12) As a result, a large number of people living in areas of rural activities such as agriculture also rely on groundwater as a source of water for domestic supply. Population, in millions, over the aquifer (11) Population density, in persons per square mile (13,14) Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline-and carbonate-rock aquifers (combined) rank as the second highest in the Nation for domestic water-supply use. Groundwater withdrawals…”

“…[Self-supplied domestic withdrawal data as of 2005 (14) and all other withdrawal data as of 2000 (13) ]…”