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Water Use in North Dakota

The future health and welfare of the Nation's population is dependent upon a continuing supply of uncontaminated fresh water. Increasing withdrawals and increasing demands for instream flows are limiting the water available for future use. More comprehensive water-use data and analysis of water-use information are needed to quantify the stress on existing supplies and to better model and evaluate possible water-supply management options to supplement traditional water-supply approaches.

The USGS compiles water-use data from numerous sources for all parts of the country, and since 1950 has published a series of Circulars on the estimated use of water in the United States at 5-year intervals. These Circulars contain State-level estimates of the amount of public- and self-supplied water used for commercial, domestic, industrial, irrigation, livestock, mining, power generation, and other purposes. The water-use data collected and compiled in North Dakota are an integral part of the nationwide assessment of water supply and demand.

The USGS North Dakota Water Science Center acknowledges the assistance provided by many Federal, State, local, and university offices during each of the water-use compilations. Among those agencies providing data and/or information are the North Dakota State Water Commission, North Dakota Department of Health, North Dakota State Data Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture and many individual water users.

Featured Water-Use Publication(s)

• Macek-Rowland, K.M., Arntson, A.D., Ryberg, K.R., Dahl, A.L., Amy Lieb, 2004, Water-Use Data for the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 1979-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1308, 260 p.

Water Use Data 2005 Data by County Coming Soon! 2000 Data by County 1995 Data by County and by Hydrologic Unit 1990 Data by County and by Hydrologic Unit 1985 Data by County and by Hydrologic Unit List County Names and Map of Counties List Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs) and Map of HUCs Water Use Category Dictionary Water Use Maps/Graphs 2005 Graphical Data by County 2000 Graphical Data by County 1995 Graphical Data by County and by Hydrologic Unit 1990 Graphical Data by County and by Hydrologic Unit 1985 Graphical Data by County and by Hydrologic Unit Information Resources List of North Dakota Water-Use Publications List of National Water-Use Publications Water Use in the United States () Water-Use Concepts Water-Use Trivia Glossary of Water-Use Terms () National Handbook on Water Data Acquistion ()

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