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Thursday, December 24. 2009

How Much Do You Know About Groundwater?

Does it ever occur to you just how little fresh water we have available on the planet?

Less than 1% of Earth's water is fresh, and 99% of that is groundwater. Yet, every day chemicals and toxic substances leach down through the soil and pollute.

Watch this short video about our groundwater and the pollution threat it faces.






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