Top Fossil Water Deposits
Fossil water is water that has been trapped underground for thousands or millions of years. It's non-renewable on human timescales, which makes it extraordinarily rare and valuable.
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Jordan Sandstone Deep Fossil Aquifer — Twin Cities Basin
Fossil WaterMinnesota·500 GPM84WIS - 2
Snake River Plain Deep Basalt Fossil Aquifer
Fossil WaterIdaho·2,000 GPM83WIS - 3
Ogallala Deep Well — Western Nebraska
Fossil WaterNebraska·1,200 GPM82WIS - 4
Ogallala Fossil Water Tract — Kansas
Fossil WaterKansas·450 GPM81WIS - 5
Denver Basin Arapahoe Fossil Aquifer
Fossil WaterColorado·150 GPM80WIS - 6
Memphis Sand Deep Fossil Aquifer — Western Tennessee
Fossil WaterTennessee·1,500 GPM80WIS - 7
Dakota Sandstone Fossil Aquifer — Central Iowa
Fossil WaterIowa·100 GPM80WIS - 8
Carrizo-Wilcox Fossil Aquifer — South Texas
Fossil WaterTexas·500 GPM80WIS - 9
Lower Floridan Deep Fossil Aquifer — Central Florida
Fossil WaterFlorida·3,000 GPM80WIS - 10
Lower Floridan Deep Fossil Aquifer — Coastal Georgia
Fossil WaterGeorgia·1,000 GPM80WIS - 11
Magothy Aquifer Fossil Water — Long Island
Fossil WaterNew York·1,000 GPM80WIS - 12
Coconino Sandstone Fossil Aquifer — Flagstaff Region
Fossil WaterArizona·200 GPM80WIS - 13
Santa Fe Group Deep Fossil Aquifer — Albuquerque Basin
Fossil WaterNew Mexico·500 GPM80WIS - 14
Columbia Plateau Deep Basalt Fossil Aquifer — Central Washington
Fossil WaterWashington·700 GPM80WIS - 15
Edwards Aquifer Deep Fossil Zone — San Antonio
Fossil WaterTexas·1,500 GPM79WIS - 16
Ogallala Deep Formation — Southwest Kansas
Fossil WaterKansas·800 GPM79WIS - 17
Ogallala Fossil Aquifer — Eastern Colorado
Fossil WaterColorado·500 GPM79WIS - 18
Cambrian-Ordovician Fossil Aquifer — Northern Illinois
Fossil WaterIllinois·300 GPM77WIS - 19
Gordo Formation Deep Fossil Aquifer — West Alabama
Fossil WaterAlabama·400 GPM77WIS - 20
Wilcox Group Deep Fossil Aquifer — Northern Mississippi
Fossil WaterMississippi·500 GPM77WIS - 21
Ozark Plateaus Deep Fossil Aquifer — Southern Missouri
Fossil WaterMissouri·350 GPM77WIS - 22
Deep Basal Fossil Aquifer — Big Island Hawaii
Fossil WaterHawaii·500 GPM77WIS - 23
Mount Simon Sandstone Fossil Aquifer — Southern Wisconsin
Fossil WaterWisconsin·250 GPM77WIS - 24
Nacatoch Sand Deep Fossil Aquifer — Southwest Arkansas
Fossil WaterArkansas·200 GPM77WIS - 25
Middendorf Deep Fossil Aquifer — South Carolina Coastal Plain
Fossil WaterSouth Carolina·600 GPM77WIS