Water Resources and Public Water Supply
Water is not scarce in Germany, except for occasional localized droughts. Public water utilities abstract only 3 percent of total renewable water resources in Germany, or 5.4 billion cubic metres out of 182 billion cubic metres annually.
The sources of public water supply are as follows:
- 65% from groundwater
- 9% from springs
- 5% from bank filtration, i.e. from wells close to rivers and lakes, drawing essentially surface water
- 21% directly from surface water
Read more about this topic: Water Supply And Sanitation In Germany
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