Wisconsin water breakdown

95,000

Acres of the Upper Mississippi River that lie within Wisconsin borders

1.2 billion

Gallons of water underground in Wisconsin, enough to submerge the state in 100 feet of water

$2 billion

The assessed value of lakeshore property in Door County

$1.1 billion

The amount the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources collects in fees from the sale of recreational fishing licenses each year

45

Gallons of water a dairy cow must drink each day to produce 12 gallons of milk

1.4 million

The number of dairy cows in Wisconsin

4 billion

Gallons of water used per day by Wisconsin’s 50 fossil fuel power plants

70

Percent of Wisconsinites who rely on groundwater for their water supply

32

Average inches of rainfall in Wisconsin each year, only 6-10 inches of which soaks in to become groundwater

Source: Wisconsin’s Water Library