Total monthly water withdrawals for public supply by 12-digit hydrologic unit in the conterminous United States for 2015
Dates
Publication Date
2021-03-12
Start Date
2015-01-01
End Date
2015-12-31
Citation
Herbert, D.M., Valseth, K.J., Larsen, J.D., and Luukkonen, C.L., 2021, Total monthly water withdrawals for public supply by 12-digit hydrologic unit in the conterminous United States for 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QB1A30.
Summary
This dataset presents the total estimated monthly public-supply water withdrawal by 12-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC12) in the conterminous United States for 2015. Public-supply water use was estimated by spatially and temporally downscaling available data from each state. The total represents combined groundwater and surface water withdrawals for 83,178 watersheds. Public supply refers to water withdrawn by public and private water suppliers that provide water for cities, towns, rural water districts, mobile-home parks, Native American Indian reservations, and military bases. Public-supply facilities are classified under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 4941 and provide water to at least 25 people or have a minimum of [...]
Summary
This dataset presents the total estimated monthly public-supply water withdrawal by 12-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC12) in the conterminous United States for 2015. Public-supply water use was estimated by spatially and temporally downscaling available data from each state. The total represents combined groundwater and surface water withdrawals for 83,178 watersheds. Public supply refers to water withdrawn by public and private water suppliers that provide water for cities, towns, rural water districts, mobile-home parks, Native American Indian reservations, and military bases. Public-supply facilities are classified under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 4941 and provide water to at least 25 people or have a minimum of 15 connections. Water withdrawals are used mostly for domestic purposes, but also serve other customers such as commercial and industrial establishments. These monthly estimates by HUC12 support USGS National Integrated Water Availability Assessments Water Use Maps.
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Purpose
This dataset was created to support the USGS National Integrated Water Availability Assessments Water Use Maps. It is a set of interactive maps that provide average daily estimates of thermoelectric, public supply, and irrigation water uses for each season across the conterminous United States. Work is ongoing to model regional public-supply water use using machine learning techniques that will provide historical, current, and forecasted water-use estimates.
