IUUC the 1.5 million is all from a single rapidly disappearing aquifer, while the 333 million is, as you said, the total of all groundwater usage across the ent

IUUC the 1.5 million is all from a single rapidly disappearing aquifer, while the 333 million is, as you said, the total of all groundwater usage across the entire state. The use also seems totally unnecessary, as to use an example from the article, the NSA's Fort Meade data center uses wastewater.