Earth's most precious resource?

Groundwater surfaces in spectacular fashion at Thousand Springs State Park, in the aptly named Magic Valley of Idaho, USA. The springs are fed by the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer, a huge reservoir of groundwater beneath the Snake River Plain. The groundwater here travels so slowly, it can take 150 to 250 years to flow from its source into Thousand Springs and the Snake River.
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