2—What Is An Aquifer?
About half of the people in the United States get their water from something called an aquifer. (The rest get their water from lakes, rivers and streams.) What exactly is an aquifer? An aquifer (pronounced aw- kwi- fur) is a layer of rock or soil that can hold a lot of water. This aquifer holds groundwater, and is our source of drinking water.

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