<1. Number of municipal/residential ground water wells
The US is the largest well water market in the world.
Number of wells around the world.
United States ? 15.9 million (282,828 public supply wells and 15.1
individual household wells).
India ? 12.3 million
China ? 3.4 million
Germany ? 500,000
South Africa ? 500,000
Taiwan ? 37,100
Mongolia ? 27,000
Botswana ? 7,500
Costa Rica ? 5,000
Percentage of population dependent on ground water.
US - 47 percent.
Asia-Pacific ? 32 percent
Europe ? 75 percent
Latin America ? 29 percent
Australia ? 15 percent.
(Source: National Ground Water Association. Wellowner.org)
http://www.wellowner.org/agroundwater/gwsupplyanduse.shtml
Canada ? 2 million wells.
(Source: WaterCan.com.)
http://www.watercan.com/issues/cawaterffs.shtml
Ireland has an estimated 200,000 wells with at least a quarter
contaminated. (Source: Geological Survey of Ireland.)
http://www.gsi.ie/workgsi/groundwater/newslet/35/35-01.htm
Scotland ? there are an estimated 30,000 private wells and springs.
35 boreholes and 103 springs for public water supply (54 million litres per day)
120 industrial bore holes
300 for farm irrigation
(Source: Scottish Parliament.)
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/pdf_res_brief/sb02-81.pdf
Norway ? 80,000 (Source: European Environment Agency.)
http://reports.eea.eu.int/92-9167-032-4/en/page014.html
Turkmenistan ? 3,300
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ibOKacf2tyEJ:www.isse.ucar.edu/centralasia/orlovsky.pdf+%22new+water+wells%22+%22every+year%22&hl=en
Bangladesh ? 6 to 10 million private wells. (Source: National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/dert/profiles/hilites/2002/grndwtr.htm
Romania ? 1 million wells in rural areas. (Source: European Centre of
Enterprises with Public Participation.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:Q2MVBzz8i-oJ:www.ceep.org/en/documents/contributions_speeches/CEEPCongress2004/Discours%2520Opran%2520EN.doc+%22million+private+wells%22&hl=en
In England at least there are at least 2,000 groundwater sources for
public drinking water supply. (Source: Environment agency.)
http://216.31.193.171/asp/1_about_spz.asp?language=English
1% of households in England and Wales have access to a private supply
of water. (Source: Accepta.)
http://www.accepta.com/Water_Analysis/Private-water-supplies.asp
Mekong Delta, Vietnam ? 19,500 wells producing 90,000 m3/day.
http://mekongriver.org/tuwsmd.htm
One quarter of a billion household have no access to piped water.
(Source: The Councillor as Guardian of the Environment.United Nations
Environment Programme.)
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/TechPublications/TechPub-7/challenge.asp
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2. Number of new wells drilled each year.
Approximately 800,000 bore holes are drilled in the U.S. annually.
(Source: National Groundwater Association.)
http://www.ngwa.org/public/faqs.html
Over 900,000 new wells are drilled each year in the US. (Source:
Centers for Disease Control.)
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/emergency/wellwater/WellSummary.htm
The North China Plain that includes the five provinces of Hebei,
Henan, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin had 2.6 million wells at the end
of 1997. During that year 221,900 new wells were drilled and 99,900
wells were abandoned as they ran dry. (Source: Earth Policy
Institute.)
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/Eco/EEch2_ss7.htm
38,500 new wells are drilled in Canada each year. (Source: WaterCan.com.)
http://www.watercan.com/issues/cawaterffs.shtml
Norway ? 4000 new wells
http://reports.eea.eu.int/92-9167-032-4/en/page014.html
Ireland - An estimated 5,000 new wells are drilled each year. (Source:
Geological Survey of Ireland.)
http://www.gsi.ie/workgsi/groundwater/newslet/35/35-01.htm
Chad ? 1999 to 2003 ? 1000 new boreholes, 200 rehabilitated boreholes.
Togo ? 1996 to 2000 ? 400 new boreholes, 400 rehabilitated boreholes.
(Source: BCEOM.)
http://www.bceom.fr/ingenierie-alimentation-eau-potableANG.html
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3.
Worldwide, 700 billion m3 of ground water is extracted. (Source:
Lifting the lid on Groundwater: our hidden treasure. By Minister
Ronnie Kasrils, MP.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:Ps8Tj368KQIJ:www.dwaf.gov.za/Communications/Articles/Kasrils/2002/Lifting%2520the%2520lid%2520on%2520groundwater1.doc+europe+groundwater+%22water+use%22&hl=en
Volume of ground water used in the US.
76.4 billion gallons or 22 percent.
(Source: National Ground Water Association.)
http://www.wellowner.org/agroundwater/gwsupplyanduse.shtml
Fresh Ground Water Withdrawals by End Use.
This table breakdown the use into public supply, domestic supply,
commercial, irrigation, livestock, industrial, mining and
thermoelectric power for the years 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995.
http://www.ngwa.org/public/fgwusage.html
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4. Volume of ground water used in China and Europe.
China
According to 2002 statistics, ground water use in China was 107.2
billion m3. (Source: Ministry of Water Resources P.R. China.)
http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english1/20040802/38161.asp
Europe.
Eurostats has figures in million cubic metres for the amount of ground
water extracted for the following countries:
Belgium ? 640.7
Denmark ? 692.9
Germany ? 6203.8
Greece ? 3118.8
Spain ? 5016.9
France ? 5988.8
Ireland ? 125.0
Luxembourg ? 31.6
Netherlands ? 903.5
Austria ? 1064.9
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/suite/retrieve/en/theme8/milieu/water/iwq2_1?OutputDir=EJOutputDir_1448&clientsessionid=42CFAC5463B5681E7D0265F6AEADD18F.extraction-anonymous-worker-1&OutputFile=iwq2_1.htm&OutputMode=U&OutputMime=text%252Fhtml&
Further data from Eurostats is available at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/newcronos/reference/display.do?screen=welcomeref&open=/milieu/water&language=en&product=EU_MASTER_environment&root=EU_MASTER_environment&scrollto=76
England and Wales.
These figures give estimated abstractions of groundwater broken down
by purpose and environment agency region (Source: Environment Agency.)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/inlwater/download/csv/iwtb23d.csv
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5. Impaired or brackish water.
60% of wells sampled in agricultural areas in the mid 1990?s in the US
contained pesticides. (Source: Global Environment Facility.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:wR5-VUTAP9gJ:www.gefweb.org/Whats_New/Archives/Land_and_Water_Background_Paper.pdf+%22percent+of+wells%22+brackish+&hl=en
40% of private wells are contaminated with coliform bacteria. (Source:
Ohio?s Country Journal. January 2003. Ohio State.)
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/fabe/OCJ%20Articles/Mancl%20Jan%202003.htm
The EPA estimates that the number of hydrogen sulfide contaminated wells is 30%.
(Source: Malibu Water Resources.)
http://www.malibuwater.com/SulfurMountain.html
An estimated 500 public water wells and 45,000 private wells in the
United States are contaminated with MTBE (Methyl t-Butyl Ether).
(Source: H2info.)
http://www.riversides.org/newwin/HNews/2003-06-04.html
An estimated 1% of California?s water wells are contaminated with MTBE
(Methyl t-Butyl Ether). (Source: Matthew E. Hermes. Kennesaw State
University. ChemCases.com.)
http://chemcases.com/converter/converter-i.htm
An estimated 50% of drinking water wells in Kentucky are contaminated
with bacteria.
(Source: Donald C. Haney. University of Kentucky.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:6_3lWrF6H1kJ:www.uky.edu/KGS/education/water.pdf+%22wells+are+contaminated%22+percent&hl=en
In Europe over 3% of drinking water is contaminated by nitrate.
(Source: European Environment Agency.)
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:PokM2lItNUUJ:reports.eea.eu.int/report_2003_0617_150910/en/europes_water.pdf+wells+europe+%22water+quality%22&hl=en
Bangladesh ? 1 million wells contaminated with arsenic. (Source:
Nature, Volume 395, page 338, 24th September 1998. Macmillan Magazines
Limited.)
http://bicn.com/acic/resources/infobank/nature98-01/nature98-01.htm
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3.6 million low to
moderate income households in the U.S. use outmoded water wells.
(Source: Wellowner.org.)
http://www.wellowner.org/afinancing/householdwells.shtml
20 to 50% of wells in India and Africa contain nitrate levels greater
than 50mg/1. (Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations.)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/W2598E/w2598e04.htm>
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<Market and number of firms.
2003 turnover $3,800 million
Number of enterprises 7,950 (Source: IbisWorld.)
IBISWorld defines a major player in this industry as having at least
5% of industry turnover. Based on this definition there are no major
player.
http://www.ibisworld.com/alliance/asbdc/industry.asp?industry_id=202
According to the 1997 Economic Census there were 3,862 water well
drilling contractors in the US. The value of business done was
$2,222,222. (Source: US Census Bureau.)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97brdg/E97B1235.HTM#235810
There are 8000 ground water contracting firms operating 19,000
drilling rigs. (Source: Wellowner.org.)
http://www.wellowner.org/agroundwater/gwsupplyanduse.shtml
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Market leader.
Layne Christensen Company considers itself the world?s leading
groundwater services company.
According to the company, the water well drilling market is highly
fragmented with several thousand water well drilling contractors in
the United States. A substantial majority are regionally and locally
based.
In 2004, 62.3% of revenues were from water drilling and associated activities.
2004 revenues were $272,053,000.
Figures are also given for 2003 and 2002.
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ghoaEzotwn0J:media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/11/114327/reports/200410k.pdf+%22groundwater+drilling%22+%22market+share%22&hl=en
Layne Christensen Company ? company website.
http://www.laynechristensen.com/index.html
Hoovers online lists Competitors to Layne Christensen Company as Baker
Hughes, Barnwell Industries and STS Consultants. However these are
really competitors to its mineral exploration activities and not to
the ground water drilling business.
http://www.hoovers.com/layne-christensen/--ID__15864--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
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Industry reports.
Water Well Drilling Contractors in the US. Published 22 Oct 2003.
Price: Sections from $40. Full report $544.50.
http://ibisworld.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0239-6111/Water-Well-Drilling-Contractors-in.html
National Driller Market Trends Study includes details of annual sales
volume. Price $295
http://www.drilleronline.com/FILES/HTML/ND_Market_Research_index/0,9020,,00.html>
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