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What is a major use for the water humans are withdrawing from the ground?

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Groundwater withdrawals, by State, 2015
Saline groundwater withdrawals were predominantly used for mining (80 percent) and occurred in Texas, California, and Oklahoma. Irrigation used greater than three times more fresh groundwater than public supply, which was the next largest use of fresh groundwater in the Nation.
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