Threats to Clean Water

Threats | Surface Water | Ground Water | Water Cycle | Watershed

What is groundwater?

• Water that collects underground, filling cracks and spaces in layers of sand, gravel, or rock
• Layers of earth that hold enough groundwater to supply a well are referred to as aquifers.
• Rain and snow runoff recharge the groundwater supply
• Pollutants can seep into the groundwater making it unsafe to drink
• The City of Battle Creek and Pennfield Township use groundwater from the Marshall Sandstone Aquifer.