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High Plains Aquifer Fast Facts: <br />Areal Extent: <br />Az q <br />r <br />Source: USGS, URL 2 <br />Depletion Rates: <br />. ., To .. <br />fit ^r.•y <br />s <br />SBUIM OAEOIA <br />{� 1 tiF1/ASU �i V '+ <br />I <br />NORTHERN _ IAMSAS <br />HIGH -�- <br />"GAINS . -.�. ._......^M <br />•. C <br />.v CENTRAL _ # <br />_ PLANS -- <br />i����. ��' -,.t OEIAYOYA <br />.lX Y:E CO <br />". <br />¢kr <br />y_ x <br />PLAINS <br />" <br />AQUIFER <br />BOUNDARY v,+ <br />v t <br />Source: USGS, URL 3 <br />Dependency: <br />Groundwater usage by State for irrigation in 1995 <br />". <br />¢kr <br />EItM.AMATiDN <br />KS <br />93.4 <br />3,540,000 <br />OK <br />88.6 <br />859,000 <br />NE <br />76.6 <br />/11AS <br />S <br />L,y�,a,a,�•�oa <br />_ <br />` <br />7,320,000 <br />RN <br />lwnw <br />HIGH <br />HGH <br />PLAINS <br />�xa,oao <br />31.6 <br />95,000 <br />Source: USGS, URL 3 <br />Dependency: <br />Groundwater usage by State for irrigation in 1995 <br />State <br />Percent <br />Acre -Feet Used <br />KS <br />93.4 <br />3,540,000 <br />OK <br />88.6 <br />859,000 <br />NE <br />76.6 <br />6,480,000 <br />TX <br />69.1 <br />7,320,000 <br />NM <br />42.6 <br />1,430,000 <br />SD <br />31.6 <br />95,000 <br />co <br />15.8 <br />2,260,000 <br />WY <br />2.7 <br />203,000 <br />Total usage from High Plains Aquifer = 22,176,000 AF. <br />Total groundwater use all 50 States = 55,000,000 AF. <br />(High Plains Aquifer supplied 40 percent of all irrigation <br />water consumed in the United States in 1995). <br />Natural Recharge: <br />EXPLANATION <br />PRECYMUnpN IN INCHI <br />IE— s ».W <br />X u.n ■ o..x <br />• io,.0 <br />Source: USGS, 1998 <br />Source: USGS, URL 4 <br />Program Summary Report Part / — Overview, Results, and Findings 2.19 <br />