Table 6.3 U.S. Water Use by Source and End-use Sector, 1900-1995
| |
Source |
End-use sector |
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| |
|
|
|
Rural do- |
|
Thermo- |
Commercial |
|
| |
Ground |
Surface |
Public |
mestic and |
Irri- |
electric |
and other |
|
| Year |
water |
water |
supply |
livestock |
gation |
utility |
industrial |
Total |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
billions of gallons per day |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1900 |
na |
na |
3.0 |
2.0 |
20.2 |
5.0 |
10.0 |
40.2 |
| 1910 |
na |
na |
4.7 |
2.2 |
39.0 |
6.6 |
14.0 |
66.4 |
| 1920 |
na |
na |
6.0 |
2.4 |
55.9 |
9.2 |
18.0 |
91.5 |
| 1930 |
na |
na |
8.0 |
2.9 |
60.2 |
18.4 |
21.0 |
110.5 |
| 1940 |
na |
na |
10.0 |
3.1 |
71.0 |
23.0 |
29.0 |
140.0 |
| 1950 |
34.0 |
150.0 |
14.0 |
3.6 |
89.0 |
40.0 |
37.0 |
180.0 |
| 1955 |
47.6 |
198.0 |
17.0 |
3.6 |
110.0 |
72.0 |
39.0 |
240.0 |
| 1960 |
50.4 |
221.0 |
21.0 |
3.6 |
110.0 |
100.0 |
38.0 |
270.0 |
| 1965 |
60.5 |
253.0 |
24.0 |
4.0 |
120.0 |
130.0 |
46.0 |
310.0 |
| 1970 |
69.0 |
303.0 |
27.0 |
4.5 |
130.0 |
170.0 |
47.0 |
370.0 |
| 1975 |
83.0 |
329.0 |
29.0 |
4.9 |
140.0 |
200.0 |
45.0 |
420.0 |
| 1980 |
83.9 |
361.0 |
34.0 |
5.6 |
150.0 |
210.0 |
45.0 |
440.0 |
| 1985 |
73.9 |
324.6 |
36.5 |
7.8 |
137.0 |
187.0 |
30.5 |
399.0 |
| 1990 |
80.6 |
327.2 |
38.5 |
7.9 |
137.0 |
195.0 |
29.9 |
408.0 |
| 1995 |
77.5 |
323.7 |
40.2 |
8.9 |
134.0 |
190.0 |
29.1 |
402.0 |
Sources: Data for 1900-1940: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, Series J 92-103 (GPO, Washington, DC, 1975), based on data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Business and Defense Services, Water Use in the United States, 1900-1980, March 1960, and Bureau of Domestic Commerce, unpublished data.
Data for 1950-1995: Solley, W.B., R.R. Pierce and H. A. Perlman, Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 1995, USGS Circular 1200 (U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological survey, Reston, VA, 1998) and earlier reports in this series.
Notes: na = not available. Totals may not agree with sum of components due to independent rounding. Withdrawals include both fresh and saline water. Estimates include Alaska and Hawaii from 1960 forward.
Last Updated on Tuesday, December 28, 1999