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Of all the water on earth, it is estimated that 99.4% (1.4 x 109 km3) is surface water. Groundwater occurs only as 0.6% (9 x 106 km3) of the total. However, of the vast amount of surface water, most of it is in the form of saltwater in oceans and inland seas (97%). Fresh surface water accounts for only 2% of the total volume of water.
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Bear, J., Cheng, A.HD. (1999). Introduction. In: Bear, J., Cheng, A.HD., Sorek, S., Ouazar, D., Herrera, I. (eds) Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers — Concepts, Methods and Practices. Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2969-7_1
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