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<br /> <br />WATER SUPPL'f ~ SHEET <br /> <br />U. S. POPUL\TION <br /> <br />URBAN POPUV,TION <br /> <br />1900 <br />1950 <br />1957 <br />191'5 <br /> <br />76 Million <br />151 Wllicn <br />170 Mill l_Dll <br />220 MLlliQn <br /> <br />1)00 <br />1950 <br />1955 <br />1975 <br /> <br />30 Million <br />96 Million <br />104 Milliron <br />152 Million <br /> <br />SHIFr IN POPUlATI ct! <br /> <br />1900 39 percent urban; 61 percent rural <br />1950 64 percent urban; 36 percent rural <br />1975 69 percent urba.'lj 31 percent rural <br /> <br />Trend toward urbanization expected to continue <br /> <br />INOOSTRIAL PROOO~ION <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />700 percent of 1900 <br />800 percent of 1900 (tecember 1955 report of <br />Presidential Advisory Cccm1ttee on Water <br />Resources Policy) <br />1975 - Production expected to d~uble again betyeen 1950 <br />and 1975 -- a 1300 percent increase for 1900- <br />19"15 pe riod <br /> <br />~lUlIICIPAL WATER CCNSUHPrICN Y Billion Gallons/ray (BCD) and <br />Gallons/Capita!ray (CCD) <br /> <br />1950 <br />1955 <br /> <br />\\\11 '(Pel "P <br /> <br />W~n ""111 TI >'_ "rM <br /> <br />1930 8.5 BCD (71 lltllllon population served) 120 GCD <br />194D 11.0 " (82 " " " ) 134 " <br />1950 13.5 (99 ) 137 " <br />1954 16.1 " (:'.5 " " " ) 14D <br />1955 17,0 " (119 " " ) 143 " Y <br />1975 23.0 .- (150 " " " ) 153 2. <br /> - <br /> <br />1/ Including industries served by municipal ~ater systems <br />~/ Taken from U. S. ?~blic Health Services estimates - 1958 <br /> <br />. <br />Page 1 of 2 pages <br /> <br />