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Water use in Rawlins 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 The data includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use.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 Rawlins County are presented below. Data are reported in million of gallons per day (Mgal/d).

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

Source Water use, in million gallons per dayPercent of total use
Surface water 0.01 0.1%
Ground water 17.66 99.9%
Total 17.67100.0%
 Pie chart showing that 0.1 percent of water used for Rawlins County coming from surface water, and 99.9 percent coming from ground water, year 2005.

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

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

Water use by category of use for Rawlins County, 2005

 Public
supply		DomesticIrrigationIndustrialThermo-
electric
power		Live-
stock		MiningCom-
mercial		Aqua-
culture		Total
Surface
water		 0.00  0.00  0.01  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.01 
Ground
water		 0.38  0.24  16.44  0.00  0.00  0.58  0.02  0.00  0.00  17.66 
Total 0.38  0.24  16.45  0.00  0.00  0.58  0.02  0.00  0.00  17.67 
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