Withdrawal and consumption of water by thermoelectric power plants in the United States, 2015
Melissa A. Harris, Timothy H. Diehl
2019, Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5103
The U.S. Geological Survey has developed models to estimate thermoelectric water use based on linked heat and water budgets. The models produced plant-level withdrawal and consumption estimates using consistent methods for 1,122 water-using, utility-scale thermoelectric power plants in the United States for 2015. Total estimated withdrawal for 2015 was about...
Estimates of water use and trends in the Colorado River Basin, Southwestern United States, 1985–2010
Molly A. Maupin, Tamara I. Ivahnenko, Breton Bruce
2018, Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5049
The Colorado River Basin (CRB) drains 246,000 square miles and includes parts of California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, and all of Arizona (Basin States). This report contains water-use estimates by category of use for drainage basins (Hydrologic Unit Code 8; HUC‑8) within the CRB from 1985...
Withdrawal and consumption of water by thermoelectric power plants in the United States, 2010
Timothy H. Diehl, Melissa A. Harris
2014, Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5184
Estimates of water use at thermoelectric plants were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey based on linked heat and water budgets, and complement reported thermoelectric water withdrawals and consumption. The heat- and water-budget models produced withdrawal and consumption estimates, including thermodynamically plausible ranges of minimum and maximum withdrawal and consumption,...
Water use in Georgia by county for 2005; and water-use trends, 1980-2005
Julia L. Fanning, Victoria P. Trent
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5002
Water use for 2005 for each county in Georgia was estimated using data obtained from various Federal and State agencies and local sources. Total consumptive water use also was estimated for each county in Georgia for 2005. Estimates of offstream water use include the categories of public supply, domestic, commercial,...
National water summary 1987: Hydrologic events and water supply and use
1990, Water Supply Paper 2350
Water use in the United States, as measured by freshwater withdrawals in 1985, averaged 338,000 Mgal/d (million gallons per day), which is enough water to cover the 48 conterminous States to a depth of about 2.4 inches. Only 92,300 Mgal/d, or 27.3 percent of the water withdrawn, was consumptive use...
Summary of water withdrawals in the United States, 1950-80
William B. Mann, Wayne B. Solley, Edith B. Chase
1983, Open-File Report 83-207
Estimated use of water in the United States increased from 180 bgd (billion gallons per day) in 1950 to 450 bgd in 1980. During this same time population increased from about 150 million to about 230 million. Data on consumptive use are not available for the first decade of the...
Perspective on use of fresh water for cooling systems of thermoelectric powerplants in Florida
G. H. Hughes
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-43
Cooling ponds, evaporative cooling towers, and once-through cooling systems of thermoelectric powerplants consume appreciable quantities of water. In Florida a cooling pond for a 1,000 megawatt nuclear power-plant operating at full load in sulluner consumes about 12.5 million gallons of water per day (0.55 cubic metres per second). A cooling...
Estimated use of water in the United States in 1970
Charles Richard Murray, E. Bodette Reeves
1972, Circular 676
Estimates of water use in the United States in 1970 indicate that an average of about 370 bgd (billion gallons per day)about 1,800 gallons per capita per day--was withdrawn for the four principal off-channel uses which are (1) public-supply (for domestic, commercial, and industrial uses), (2) rural (domestic and livestock),...
