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Table 8.3 Groundwater wells and annual withdrawal
Type of wells
Numbers (million) Withdraws (billion
m 3 )
Total
97.49
108.4
Tube well
Subtotal
53.83
104.0
Irrigation
Subtotal
8.48
75.3
Inner diameter
≥200 mm
4.07
61.3
Inner diameter
<200 mm
4.41
14.0
Water supply Subtotal
45.35
28.7
Daily abstraction
≥20 m 3
0.39
21.7
Daily abstraction
<20 m 3
44.96
7.0
Manual wells
43.66
4.4
Source MWR, National Bureau of Statistics (2013) Bulletin of first national census for water. China
Water and Power Press: Beijing
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citation
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20
40
60
80
100
120
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Fig. 8.1 Groundwater development in China (billion m 3 ). Source MWR (1998–2018) Water
resources bulletin of China, 1997–2017. Permission granted by MWR on its website subject to
proper citation