| Abstract: | This report summarizes where, how much, and for what purpose water is used in Iowa with permits issued by the Iowa Department of Water, Air, and Waste Management. In Iowa, 58 percent of the total 855,175.4 million gallons per year is from surface-water sources and 42 percent is from groundwater sources. Power generators are permitted the largest percentage of total water use. The public water suppliers category is the next largest use type of the total permitted water. Mining comprises 13.4 percent of the total water use and is the third largest water-use category. Irrigation is the fourth highest permitted use type comprising 12 percent of the total water use. Self-supplied industrial users are permitted 10.6 percent of the total permitted water use. Self-supplied commercial use is allocated 1.5 percent of the total permitted water. Non-irrigation agricultural use is 0.1 percent of the total permitted water. The areas that are allocated the most water permits are east-central Iowa and west-central Iowa. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 15734 |
| Citation Author: | Runkle, D. L.; Newman, J. L.; Shields, E. M. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 24 p. :ill., maps ;22 x 28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 86-302 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Permitted water use in Iowa, 1985; 1985; OFR; 86-302; Runkle, D. L.; Newman, J. L.; Shields, E. M. |
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| Citation Year: | 1985 |
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| Text: | Permitted water use in Iowa, 1985; 1985; OFR; 86-302; Runkle, D. L.; Newman, J. L.; Shields, E. M. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1986/0302/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1986/0302/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
