7.14.04
Water use in Nebraska
from the U.S. Geological Survey Report
The following are percentages for the year 2000:
- Irrigation use and use expressed as percentage of total groundwater
use = 7,420 million gallons per day or 94 percent of total groundwater
used.
- Municipal use and use expressed as percentage of total groundwater
use = 266 million gallons per day or 3.4 percent of total groundwater
used.
- Municipal use and use expressed as percentage of total surface
water use = 63.8 million gallons per day or 1.5 percent of total surface
water used.
These figures do not include hydroelectric power, nuclear power, fossil
fuel power, and other minor uses.
For more information, go to http://water.ugs.gov/pubs/circ/2004/circ1268
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