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Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States

Author(s) -

Craig M. Smith,

R Belles,

Andrew Simon

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/1022141

Subject(s) - brackish water , surface water , environmental science , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , water use , water resources , water resource management , saline water , water flow , geography , environmental engineering , geology , oceanography , ecology , salinity , geotechnical engineering , biology

Flow charts depicting water use in the United States have been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of water use patterns. Approximately 410,500 million gallons per day of water are managed throughout the United States for use in farming, power production, residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Water is obtained from four major resource classes: fresh surface-water, saline (ocean) surface-water, fresh groundwater and saline (brackish) groundwater. Water that is not consumed or evaporated during its use is returned to surface bodies of water. The flow patterns are represented in a compact 'visual atlas' of 52 state-level (all 50 states in addition to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) and one national water flow chart representing a comprehensive systems view of national water resources, use, and disposition

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