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Ground water withdrawal in the United States

Fresh ground water withdrawals by end use in 2000 in billions of gallons per day.

 

Use
2000
Percent change from 1995
Public supply
15.9
     5.9%
Domestic supply
  3.5
     5.5%
Irrigation
58.0
   18.3%
Industrial
  3.6
  -12.5%
Total
81.1
   13.3%

 

Source: USGS Estimates of Water Use in the United States reports; published every five years.