Public Supply
![2000 Public Supply Water-Use Map 2000 Public Supply Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916035104im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2000_PS.gif)
Public supply is treated as a source and user of water. Public supply serves to transfer water from a surface- or ground-water source for domestic and commercial and industrial and mining users.
Industrial and Mining
![2000 Industrial and Mining Water-Use Map 2000 Industrial and Mining Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916035104im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2000_IN_MI.gif)
Industrial water users receive water from both public-supply and self-supplied facilities. Industry includes coal gasification, sugar refining, oil refining, and malt processing. Mining activites are coal and gravel excavation and oil and gas extraction.
Thermoelectric Power
![2000 Thermoelectric Power Water-Use Map 2000 Thermoelectric Power Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916035104im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2000_POWER.gif)
North Dakota has 11 active thermoelectric power-generating plants. Five of these were built and became operational since 1979 in response to increased energy demands.
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Domestic
![2000 Domestic Water-Use Map 2000 Domestic Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916035104im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2000_CO_DO.gif)
Domestic water users receive water from both public-supply and self-supplied facilities. Domestic withdrawals are used for normal household purposes, such as drinking, food preparation, bathing, washing clothes and dishes, flushing toilets, and watering lawns and gardens.
Agricultural
![2000 Agricultural Water-Use Map 2000 Agricultural Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916035104im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2000_AG.gif)
Agricultural water use consists of irrigation and nonirrigation withdrawals. Irrigation withdrawals are used to raise crops and to maintain recreational lands, such as parks and golf courses.
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