The statistic shows the total water withdrawals in the United States between 1950 and 2015. In 2015, this figure stood at 322 billion gallons per day. Most freshwater withdrawals were used for irrigation, while most saline-water was used largely for thermoelectric power.
Total water withdrawals in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015
(in billion gallons per day)
The figures were rounded. Geographic extent: 1950, 48 States and District of Columbia, and Hawaii; 1955, 48 States and District of Columbia; 1960 and 1975–2015, 50 States and District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands; 1965–1970, 50 States and District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico..
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US Geological Survey. (September 25, 2018). Total water withdrawals in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/194174/total-water-use-in-the-us-by-type-per-day-since-1950/
US Geological Survey. "Total water withdrawals in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day)." Chart. September 25, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194174/total-water-use-in-the-us-by-type-per-day-since-1950/
US Geological Survey. (2018). Total water withdrawals in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194174/total-water-use-in-the-us-by-type-per-day-since-1950/
US Geological Survey. "Total Water Withdrawals in The U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in Billion Gallons per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194174/total-water-use-in-the-us-by-type-per-day-since-1950/
US Geological Survey, Total water withdrawals in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194174/total-water-use-in-the-us-by-type-per-day-since-1950/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Total water withdrawals in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day) [Graph], US Geological Survey, September 25, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194174/total-water-use-in-the-us-by-type-per-day-since-1950/
