U.S. Water Withdrawal Distribution

Figure 3.10

This figure appears in chapter 3 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/water/graphics/us-water-withdrawal-distribution

Based on the most recent USGS water withdrawal data (2005). This figure illustrates water withdrawals at the U.S. county level: (a) total withdrawals (surface and groundwater) in thousands of gallons per day per square mile; (b) municipal and industrial (including golf course irrigation) withdrawals as percent of total; (c) irrigation, livestock, and aquaculture withdrawals as percent of total; (d) thermoelectric plant cooling withdrawals as percent of total; (e) counties with large surface water withdrawals; and (f) counties with large groundwater withdrawals. The largest withdrawals occur in the drier western states for crop irrigation. In the east, water withdrawals mainly serve municipal, industrial, and thermoelectric uses. Groundwater withdrawals are intense in parts of the Southwest and Northwest, the Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Florida and South Georgia, and near the Great Lakes (Figure source: Georgia Water Resources Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology; Data from Kenny et al. 2009;f532697a-e122-4502-8c18-9504efa60700 USGS 2013f1192640-c0b0-442c-a3c3-8e70b0fcb75b).

When citing this figure, please reference Georgia Water Resources Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology; Data from Kenny et al. 2009; USGS 2013f532697a-e122-4502-8c18-9504efa60700 f1192640-c0b0-442c-a3c3-8e70b0fcb75b.

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This figure was created on November 07, 2013.

References :

• Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2005. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1344 (f532697a)
• webpage Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data for 2005 (f1192640)

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