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<br />TABLE 4-6. Region I Water Use in 1965 and Projected
<br /> Water Requirements, 1980-2020
<br /> Wa te r Requirements in Acre-Feet Per Year
<br />Tvoe of Water Use 1965 1980 2000 2020
<br />Agriculture (2J,506) (44,773) (73,601) (94,307)
<br />, rrigat ion 10,040 31,000 54,100 64,700
<br />Livestock 11,466 13,773 19,501 29,607
<br />Mining 22,787 3.767 5,362 10,659
<br />Manufacturing (55,875) (115,787) (234,770) (467,640 )
<br />Food & Kindred Products 8,392 11,302 12,583 19,428
<br />Printing, Publishing &
<br />Paper Products 2,168 6,074 12,045 22 ,927
<br />Chemical & All ied Products 17,190 52,872 123,639 270, III
<br />Petroleum, Rubber & Related
<br />Products 13,238 28,231 44,031 67,078
<br />Machinery & Fabricated Metals ) ,774 2,559 6,295 13,912
<br />Transportation Equipment 3,225 2,335 7.738 15,913
<br />Other 9,888 12,416 28 ,438 58,270
<br />Utilities 203,003 307,200 425,408 117,526
<br />Population
<br />Urban 66,917 87,966 116,688 171,896
<br />Rural I) ,362 1,493 1,446 1,426
<br /> TOTALS 381,430 560,986 857,275 863,454
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<br />Utilities reflect an unusual trend, the result of the underlying
<br />assumptions made in forecasting water use for that industry. Although
<br />the region accounts for nine percent of the installed generating
<br />capacity in Kansas in 1965, the quantity of water withdrawn was 44
<br />percent of the state total. Environmental considerations have and
<br />will become increasingly significant in the operation of future
<br />thermal electric power plants. In past years, thermal electric
<br />generating stations in this region have been built along the rivers
<br />because of the need for an adequate supply of water to condense the
<br />steam leaving the turbines. Elsewhere in Kansas, many electric
<br />companies (both investor and municipal owned) have been using cool ing
<br />towers or similar devices for decades. Cool ing towers provide a
<br />means of recycl ing water before discarding the residual, and thereby
<br />conserving the water supply and handl ing the rejected heat.
<br />Consequently, the assumption was made that cool ing towers or similar
<br />systems would be in operation by 1980 on all power plants except
<br />those located on the Missouri and lower Kansas rivers in the Kansas
<br />City metropolitan area. It was also assumed that cooling towers or
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