Public Supply
![2005 Public Supply Water-Use Map 2005 Public Supply Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916033819im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2005_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
![2005 Industrial and Mining Water-Use Map 2005 Industrial and Mining Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916033819im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2005_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
![2005 Thermoelectric Power Water-Use Map 2005 Thermoelectric Power Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916033819im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2005_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
![2005 Domestic Water-Use Map 2005 Domestic Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916033819im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2005_CO_DO.gif)
Domestic and commercial 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. Commercial withdrawals are used by larger apartment buildings, motels, hotels, restaurants, office buildings, commercial facilities, and institutions, both civilian and military.
Agricultural
![2005 Agricultural Water-Use Map 2005 Agricultural Water-Use Map](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916033819im_/http://nd.water.usgs.gov/wateruse/images/county_2005_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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