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Water Use in the United States, 2005

This section of the Water Science site is about how we use water on an everyday basis. After all, when it comes down to it, how we use water is what is really important to the average person. Below are links to our pages that describe how the Nation used water in 2005 (the latest USGS compilation of National water use).

All 2005 water-use information is from the report Estimated use of water in the United States in 2005.

Summaries, 2005

Water Use by Category, 2005

Historical Trends

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Data Tables and Maps

Files are in Adobe PDF format.

Totals, by source and State: Table • Map
Totals, by category: Table
Surface water: Table • Map
Groundwater: Table • Map
Freshwater: Map
Saline water: Map
Public supply: Table • Map
Domestic: Table • Map
Domestic, self-supplied populations: Map
Irrigation: Table • Map
Livestock: Table • Map
Aquaculture: Table • Map
Thermoelectric power: Table • Map
Thermoelectric power, cooling type: Table
Industrial: Table • Map
Mining: Table • Map

Hydroelectric Power

USGS Water Use Data and Resources

National Water Use Program home page
Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2005 (publication)
National county-level data for 2005

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