The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Farmlands
indicator Name: Nitrate in Farmland Groundwater
page # in printed report: 95
location on page: lower-middle
data source: USGS National Water Quality Assessment. Coverage: lower 48 states. Each sampling area was sampled intensively for approximately 2 years during 1992-1998.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: % of groundwater sites tested
Farmland-groundwater % sites  
  1992-1998 Future
less than 2 ppm 45.03  
2 to 6 ppm 21.009  
6 to 10 ppm 13.518  
10 ppm or more 20.44