Water Sources
Total domestic water use in France is about 6 billion cubic metres or only about 3 percent of total runoff (191 billion cubic metres). 62 percent of drinking water supply is from groundwater and 38 percent from surface water.
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Famous quotes containing the words water and/or sources:
“The water for which we may have to look
In summertime with a witching wand,
In every wheelrut’s now a brook,
In every print of a hoof a pond.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.”
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)