Some US Water Near Dangerous Chemicals

By Douglas McIntyre  •  January 21, 2025
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 The U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area’s Integrated Water Availability Assessments Program will help states manage their water supplies. According to one of the authors of the agency’s new report, “Water availability is an issue everywhere in our country and beyond, and it raises the question: Do we have enough water to sustain our nation’s economy, ecosystems and drinking water supplies?”

*US Water Challenges

*Disappearing Great Salt Lake

*Los Angeles Is Running Out Of Water

Data used to create the study was from the 2010 to 2020 period. It raised the question of whether the country has adequate water to support people and enterprise. The authors added, “The assessment allows people to evaluate water availability across the nation at a higher level of detail than ever before.”

One staggering conclusion was that about a third of the population lives near areas where the water has dangerous chemicals. “Substantial areas within principal aquifers that provide about one-third of public supplies have elevated concentrations of inorganic contaminants such as arsenic, manganese, radionuclides, and nitrate.”

Water Budget

The study comes with models that can be used for predictions with maps and data. In summary, “A full water budget for the conterminous United States (CONUS) is shown along with a summary of groundwater levels during water years 2010–20 compared with historical averages.”

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