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USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Water Use in Massachusetts

The future health and welfare of the Nation's population is dependent upon a continuing supply of uncontaminated fresh water. Increasing withdrawals and increasing demands for instream flows are limiting the water available for future use.

The USGS compiles water-use data from numerous sources for all parts of the county, and since 1950 has published a series of Circulars on the estimated use of water in the United States at 5-year intervals. These Circulars contain State-level estimates of the amount of public- and self-supplied water used for public supply, domestic, industrial, irrigation, livestock, mining, power generation, and other purposes. The water-use data collected and compiled in Massachusetts are an integral part of the nationwide assessment of water supply and demand.