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Source, use, and disposition of water in florida, 1975

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6411262
The average daily water used in Florida during 1975 (18,420 million gallons) was an increase of 3,107 million gallons per day since 1970. The 1975 daily total was made up of 11,502 million gallons of saline water and 6,918 million gallons of freshwater. How was the water used in 1975. Virtually all the saline water was used for thermoelectric power generation. The largest user of the freshwater in Florida was for irrigation--2,868 million gallons each day on the average. The remaining use of freshwater, in million gallons per day, amounted to 1,698 for thermoelectric power generation; 1,146 for public supply; 940 for industrial use other than thermoelectric power generation; and 266 on the average, for rural domestic and livestock use.
Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL (USA). Water Resources Div.
OSTI ID:
6411262
Report Number(s):
PB-284126; USGS/WRD/WRI-78/057; USGS/WRI-78-17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English