Record Details
Field | Value |
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Title | Water Use Trends in the Southwestern United States 1950-1990 |
Creator | O'Donnell, Michael; Rademaekers, Jonathan |
Subject | Water use; Water -- Distribution; Irrigation; |
Coverage | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado River (Wyo.-Utah); Colorado; California; Idaho; United States; |
Description | Water usage in the United States is important for examining depletions of ground- water aquifers and pollution impacts of both surface- and ground-water sources. Water use data has been collected by the USGS Water Resources Division starting in 1950 and has continued at five-year intervals since. The data presented here were extracted from these documents and compiled into digital format for use in a geographic information system (GIS). We present here data for several selected water-use... |
Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
Date | 2003 |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | O'Donnell, Michael; Rademaekers, Jonathan, Water Use Trends in the Southwestern United States 1950-1990: U. S. Geological Survey, 8 p. |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/270 |