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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 1995

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Title Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 1995
Creator Solley, Wayne B.; Pierce, Robert R.; Perlman, Howard A.
Subject Water use; Water levels; Water consumption;water
Coverage United States;
Description Estimates indicate that after continual increases in the Nation’s total water withdrawals for the years reported from 1950 to 1980, withdrawals declined from 1980 to 1995. The withdrawal of fresh- and saline water in the United States during 1995 is estimated to have been 402,000 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) for all offstream uses—2 percent less than the 1990 estimate. The 1995 withdrawal estimate is nearly 10 percent less than the 1980 estimate, which is the peak year of water use...
Publisher U. S. Geological Survey
Date 1998
Type text
Format application/pdf
Source Solley, Wayne B., Pierce, Robert R.and Perlman, Howard A., 1998, Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 1995, Denver, CO: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1200, 79 p.
Language eng
Rights Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Identifier http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/276

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