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Water use
Water withdrawal for a specific purpose, such as domestic use, irrigation, or industrial processing.
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Instream water use (7 items)
Offstream water use (11 items)
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Water use in the United States [New Window]
Links to water use reports for the United States for 1985, 1990, and 1995 comparison of use and renewable water supply by region, handbook for collecting water-use data, and other information on national water use.
Water science for schools: water use in the United States [New Window]
Educational site for elementary school students on water use in the United States.
Glossary of water-use terminology [New Window]
Dictionary of terms associated with water use from the publication: Estimated Use of water in the United States in 1990.
Farm ponds as critical habitats for native amphibians [New Window]
Constructed farm ponds represent significant breeding, rearing, and overwintering habitat for amphibians in the Driftless Area Ecoregion of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Links to fact sheet, brochure, annual reports, field manual, and final report.
Water use trends in the southwestern United States 1950-1990 [New Window]
Online report for an interactive workshop Impact of Climate Change and Land Use in the Southwestern United States. Gives a review of domestic and agricultural water use in the Southwest with graphs and maps.
PDF Effects of wastewater on forested wetlands [New Window]
Study of the effects of the practice of cycling municipal nutrient-enriched wastewater from holding ponds through forested wetlands. Studies were in the Cypiere Perdue Swamp, Louisiana, and the Drummond Bog, Wisconsin.
Water use in Tennessee [New Window]
Tennessee water-use information including links to a fact sheet, data, charts, and maps.
National Handbook of Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition -- Chapter 11 - Water Use [New Window]
Provides standards and guidance for measuring, estimating, collecting, and analyzing water-use data. Includes brief descriptions of water-use activities, commonly used water-use terminology, and approaches and methods used in estimating water use.
Occurrence of selected radionuclides in ground water used for drinking water in the United States [New Window]
Results (*.pdf) of a 1998 targeted reconnaissance survey on the sources of radium, polonium, and lead radionuclides, data collection and laboratory methods, existing occurrences in drinking water, risk assessments, and compliance monitoring.
Effects of land use on water quality in Michigan [New Window]
Links to projects that provide information on the relation of land use to water quality, sources of pollutants, or trends in water quality.
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