Policy Briefs synthesize existing research knowledge on a policy or practice issue of importance.
Water is technically considered a renewable resource because it can be used over and over again and it has a rain cycle. However, it is only in the short-term that water can be thought of as a renewable resource and the sustainability of this renewable resource is questionable.ne of the main reasons that water may become a non-renewable source is the population growth. The population is expanding at a speedy rate, and this is putting enormous pressure on all our resources, even the renewable ones.
Contamination in U.S. Private Wells. Groundwater is one of the Nation's most important natural resources and is an important source of drinking water for mostly-rural populations that supply their own domestic water from local wells. In 2005, about 43 million Americans supplied their own home water and over 99 percent of that water came from groundwater.