Every time you turn on your water faucet, take a shower, wash your car, or use water in any way, you are placing demand on the aquifer. It doesn't matter if you are on a private well or if you use the City's water distribution system. It all comes from the same place: Nature. As with everything else in nature, there must be a balance for things to operate smoothly. There is only so much water that makes its way back into the aquifer system after being drawn out for use. If we were to draw more water from the aquifer than what gets replenished, we'd be left with one large empty cave and a lot of dry sinks!

To ensure that this does not happen, good water use habits need to be established by all who use it. Irresponsible or excesive use will only add to the growing problem. Using only what we need in a non-wasteful manner will help ease the demand enough to slow the problem.