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Based on the chart, approximately how much of the planet's water is available to human beings for household, agricultural, and industrial use?
Where Is Earth's Water?
atmosphere
other saline water 0.9%
freshwater 2.5%
surface/other
freshwater 1.2%
living things
0.26%
3.0%
rivers
0.49%
groundwater
30.1%
lakes
20.9%
swamps
marshes
2.6%
soil
moisture
3.8%
oceans
96 5%
glaciers
and
ice caps
68.7%
ground
ice and
permafrost
69.0%
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