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Water use in Lincoln County

The U.S. Geological Survey compiles National water-use estimates every five years. The most recent compilation was for year 2005. The data includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use. Fresh (non-saline) water-use estimates for Lincoln County are presented below. Data are reported in million of gallons per day (Mgal/d).

Water-use data tables for all Kansas counties

♦ Total water use
♦ Water use by category: Totals | Surface water | Ground water

Water-use information for other counties.

Total fresh-water use and source of water, Lincoln County, 2005

Source	Water use, in million gallons per day	Percent of total use
Surface water	0.64	39.0%
Ground water	1.00	61.0%
Total	1.64	100.0%

Pie chart showing that 39.0 percent of water used for Lincoln County coming from surface water, and 61.0 percent coming from ground water, year 2005.

Total fresh-water use by category of use for Lincoln County, 2005

Bar chart showing freshwater use for each category of water use for Lincoln County, year 2005. Data is also shown in the data table below.

Water use by category of use for Lincoln County, 2005

	Public supply	Domestic	Irrigation	Live- stock	Mining	Total
Surface water	0.00	0.00	0.21	0.28	0.15	0.64
Ground water	0.23	0.04	0.30	0.43	0.00	1.00
Total	0.23	0.04	0.51	0.71	0.15	1.64


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