Wisconsin Groundwater Facts
About 1.2 quadrillion gallons of water lie underground in Wisconsin, enough water to cover the state to a depth of 90-100 feet.
Every day, Wisconsinites withdraw about 759 million gallons of groundwater from private and municipal wells. The average person uses 63 gallons of water a day.
Industries and commercial businesses draw over 106 million gallons of groundwater each day from their own wells and use about 150 million gallons more provided by municipal water systems.
A dairy cow producing 100 pounds of milk each day slurps 45 gallons of water to wet her whistle; there are more than 1.2 million dairy cows in Wisconsin.
A meal of a quarter-pound hamburger, fries and a soda takes 1,400 gallons of water to produce; a gallon of gas for your car requires six gallons of water.
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