THE IRKIGATION AGE. 



59 



UNDERGROUND WATERS A 

 VITAL NECESSITY. 



The importance of underground 

 waters to residents in humid sec- 

 tions is illustrated by the fact that 

 75 per cent of the population in 

 Michigan are directly dependent 

 for water upon the underground 

 supply. Another investigation of 

 19 counties in north-central In- 

 diana indicates the vital relation 

 that ground water bears to daily 

 life. Of 54 communities in these 

 19 counties having public sup- 

 plies, 45 use wells alone and 3 

 others use both streams and wells. 

 The urban population is there- 

 fore largely dependent upon the 

 subsurface supplies, and the rural 

 population depends almost en- 

 tirely upon them. It is estimated 

 that in Florida 750,000,000 gal- 

 lons of ground waters are used 

 daily for town and country do- 

 mestic supplies, while an addi- 

 tional 11,500.000 gallons are 

 used by the cities and 500,000.- 

 000 gallons for the irrigation of 

 tobacco, citrus fruits, and vege- 

 tables. One-half of the irriga- 

 tion and the greater part of 

 the city supplies in southern Cali- 

 fornia, amounting to more than 

 300,000.000 gallons daily, are 

 drawn from the sands and gravels 

 that underlie the valleys, while in 

 central California a smaller but 

 nevertheless important draft is 

 made upon the same source. It 

 is probable that it would be safe 

 to apply percentages but slightly 

 less than that determined in the 

 state of Michigan to the entire 

 United States, and to state that 

 nearly 75 per cent of our popu- 

 lation depends directly upon un- 

 derground waters. 



[From Water-Supply Paper 

 234. United States Geological 

 Survey.] 



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