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Title: Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States

Abstract

Flow charts depicting water use in the United States have been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of water use patterns. Approximately 410,500 million gallons per day of water are managed throughout the United States for use in farming, power production, residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Water is obtained from four major resource classes: fresh surface-water, saline (ocean) surface-water, fresh groundwater and saline (brackish) groundwater. Water that is not consumed or evaporated during its use is returned to surface bodies of water. The flow patterns are represented in a compact 'visual atlas' of 52 state-level (all 50 states in addition to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) and one national water flow chart representing a comprehensive systems view of national water resources, use, and disposition.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1022141
Report Number(s):
LLNL-TR-475772
TRN: US201118%%319
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; POWER GENERATION; WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER USE

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Smith, C A, Belles, R D, and Simon, A J. Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.2172/1022141.
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Smith, C A, Belles, R D, & Simon, A J. Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States. United States. doi:10.2172/1022141.
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Smith, C A, Belles, R D, and Simon, A J. Wed . "Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States". United States. doi:10.2172/1022141. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1022141.
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title = {Estimated Water Flows in 2005: United States},
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abstractNote = {Flow charts depicting water use in the United States have been constructed from publicly available data and estimates of water use patterns. Approximately 410,500 million gallons per day of water are managed throughout the United States for use in farming, power production, residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Water is obtained from four major resource classes: fresh surface-water, saline (ocean) surface-water, fresh groundwater and saline (brackish) groundwater. Water that is not consumed or evaporated during its use is returned to surface bodies of water. The flow patterns are represented in a compact 'visual atlas' of 52 state-level (all 50 states in addition to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) and one national water flow chart representing a comprehensive systems view of national water resources, use, and disposition.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
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