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<br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />ntl2~1:l <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY FACT SHEEl' - 2 - <br />FRESH WATER USE FOR flAJOR PU!1POSES - 1950-1980 <br /> 192# ~ mi=I l2!lQ2I <br />Municipal 13.5 BODY 17.0 BODY 29.8 BOD Y f 37.2 BOD <br />Rural 3.5 XD 2.4 BOD 7.2 BOD <br />Industrial <br />(direct) 65.0 BGD 91.2 BOD 246.4 BGD* 394.2 BOD <br />Irrtgat10n 88.0 BOD 110.0 BOD 169.7 BOD 165.7 BOD <br /> - - <br />Total 170.0 220.6 453.1 597.1 <br />* Includes undetermined quantity of brackish water <br /> <br />TOTAL FRESH \lATER USE <br />1900 41 BOD ( 76 million population) 540 GCD <br />1950 170 .. (151 .. .. ) 1,130 .. <br />1955 221 .. (165 .. .. ) 1,340 <br />1957 268 .. (170 .. .. ) 1,575 .. <br />1975 453 "':J (220 " ) 2,OCO .. <br />1980 597 .. (275 .. .. ) 2,170 '}./ <br /> <br />1/ Including industries scrved by municipal water systems. <br />g/ Tnken from. "Estiooted Use of Water 1n the U. s., 1950," u. S. Geological <br />SuIVey Cl:=-cule.r 115. <br />]/ Taken from "Estimated Use of t-:ater in the U. S., 1955," U. S. GeOlogical <br />Survey Circular 398. <br />~I Taken from Business Service Bulletin 136, Business and Defense <br />~crvlce Adninistrotlon, U. S. Departn:ent of Ccc::merce, January 1956. <br />~/ 'l'e.ken from Industrial College of Armed Forces 'nlesls No. 143 by <br />D. R. W'ood:wa.rd, Iepartcent of the Interior, April 1957. <br /> <br />July 14, 1958 <br /> <br />~ <br />