| Abstract: | Water-use data were compiled for the 78 municipios of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 2005. Five offstream categories were considered: public-supply water withdrawals and deliveries, domestic self-supplied water use, industrial self-supplied ground-water withdrawals, crop irrigation water use, and thermoelectric power freshwater use. One water-use category also was considered: power-generation instream water use (thermoelectric-saline withdrawals and hydroelectric power). Freshwater withdrawals and deliveries for offstream use from surface- and ground-water sources in Puerto Rico were estimated at 712 million gallons per day (Mgal/d). The largest amount of freshwater withdrawn was by public-supply water facilities and was estimated at 652 Mgal/d. The public-supply domestic water use was estimated at 347 Mgal/d. Fresh surface- and ground-water withdrawals by domestic self-supplied users were estimated at 2.1 Mgal/d and the industrial self-supplied withdrawals were estimated at 9.4 Mgal/d. Withdrawals for crop irrigation purposes were estimated at 45.2 Mgal/d, or approximately 6.3 percent of all offstream freshwater withdrawals. Instream freshwater withdrawals by hydroelectric facilities were estimated at 568 Mgal/d and saline instream surface-water withdrawals for cooling purposes by thermoelectric-power facilities was estimated at 2,288 Mgal/d. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 97251 |
| Citation Author: | Molina-Rivera, Wanda L.; Gomez-Gomez, Fernando |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Caribbean Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0183500 |
| Citation LatS: | 0174500 |
| Citation LonE: | -0651000 |
| Citation LonW: | -0672000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 37 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, and Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2008-1286 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Estimated Water Use in Puerto Rico, 2005; 2008; OFR; 2008-1286; Molina-Rivera, Wanda L.; Gomez-Gomez, Fernando |
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| Citation Year: | 2008 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Estimated Water Use in Puerto Rico, 2005; 2008; OFR; 2008-1286; Molina-Rivera, Wanda L.; Gomez-Gomez, Fernando |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1286/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
