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Groundwater is tapped through wells placed in water-bearing soils and rocks beneath the surface of the earth. Of the total 341 billion gallons of fresh water the United States withdraws each day, groundwater is estimated to be 79.6 billion gallons, or 23 percent.
1 Ground water serves as a large subsurface water reservoir. 2  Of all the freshwater that exists, about 75 percent is estimated to be stored in polar ice and glaciers and about 25 percent is estimated to be stored as ground water. A velocity of 1 foot per day or greater is a high rate of movement for ground water, and ground-water velocities can be as low as 1 foot per year or 1 foot per decade.