| Abstract: | About 410,000 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) of water was withdrawn for use in the United States during 2005. About 80 percent of the total (328,000 Mgal/d) withdrawal was from surface water, and about 82 percent of the surface water withdrawn was freshwater. The remaining 20 percent (82,600 Mgal/d) was withdrawn from groundwater, of which about 96 percent was freshwater. If withdrawals for thermoelectric power in 2005 are excluded, withdrawals were 210,000 Mgal/d, of which 129,000 Mgal/d (62 percent) was supplied by surface water and 80,700 Mgal/d (38 percent) was supplied by groundwater.
Water withdrawals in four States - California, Texas, Idaho, and Florida - accounted for more than one-fourth of all fresh and saline water withdrawn in the United States in 2005. More than half (53 percent) of the total withdrawals of 45,700 Mgal/d in California were for irrigation, and 28 percent were for thermoelectric power. Most of the withdrawals in Texas (26,700 Mgal/d) were for thermoelectric power (43 percent) and irrigation (29 percent). Irrigation accounted for 85 percent of the 19,500 Mgal/d of water withdrawn in Idaho, and thermoelectric power accounted for 66 percent of the 18,300 Mgal/d withdrawn in Florida. |
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| ProdID: | 98813 |
| Citation Author: | Barber, Nancy L. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Office of Groundwater |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Citation Series Number: | 2009-3098 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Summary of estimated water use in the United States in 2005; 2010; FS; 2009-3098; Barber, Nancy L. |
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| Text: | Summary of estimated water use in the United States in 2005; 2010; FS; 2009-3098; Barber, Nancy L. |
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| Date Other: | Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
