Water Science for Schools
This map shows total (fresh and saline) offstream water use in the United States in 2000. About 408,000 million gallons of water were used each day (Mgal/d). Of that, about 346,000 Mgal/d was fresh water and about 62,300 Mgal/d was saline water. California used the most water, about 51,200 Mgal/d, with most of that going towards irrigation. The state with the second-highest water use was Texas, with about 29,600 Mgal/d, mostly for use in the power-production industries and for irrigation. The map is from U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1268, "Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000."
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu//maptotal.html
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