In the year 2005, the United States' municipal water withdrawal amounted to around 65.4 billion cubic meters, while volume of treated municipal wastewater reached some 46.5 billion cubic meters. By the year 2015, municipal water withdrawal in the U.S. decreased to almost 58.4 billion cubic meters.
Select figures on water withdrawal and wastewater in the United States from 1990 to 2015
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* Figure for treated municipal wastewater is for 1992.
** Figure for direct use of treated municipal wastewater is for 2002.
*** Figure for treated municipal wastewater is for 2004.\
**** Figures for direct use of treated municipal wastewater and treated municipal wastewater are for 2008 and 2012 respectively.
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