This statistic represents the total water withdrawals for the thermoelectric power sector in the United States from 1950 through to 2015. In 2015, this figure amounted to approximately 133 billion gallons per day.
Total water withdrawals for thermoelectric power 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 1975–2005, 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 for thermoelectric power in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/195722/total-water-withdrawals-for-thermoelectric-power-in-the-us-since-1950/
US Geological Survey. "Total water withdrawals for thermoelectric power in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day)." Chart. September 25, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195722/total-water-withdrawals-for-thermoelectric-power-in-the-us-since-1950/
US Geological Survey. (2018). Total water withdrawals for thermoelectric power in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195722/total-water-withdrawals-for-thermoelectric-power-in-the-us-since-1950/
US Geological Survey. "Total Water Withdrawals for Thermoelectric Power in The U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in Billion Gallons per Day)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195722/total-water-withdrawals-for-thermoelectric-power-in-the-us-since-1950/
US Geological Survey, Total water withdrawals for thermoelectric power in the U.S. from 1950 to 2015 (in billion gallons per day) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195722/total-water-withdrawals-for-thermoelectric-power-in-the-us-since-1950/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Total water withdrawals for thermoelectric power 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/195722/total-water-withdrawals-for-thermoelectric-power-in-the-us-since-1950/
