Water Use in Georgia, North and South Carolina 2015
The future health and welfare of the Nation's population is dependent upon a continuing supply of uncontaminated fresh water. Increasing withdrawals and increasing demands for instream flows are limiting the water available for future use. The USGS compiles water-use data from numerous sources for all parts of the country, and since 1950 has published a series of Circulars on the estimated use of water in the United States at 5-year intervals. (Circular 1445, Estimated use of water in the United States in 2015)
Estimated total U.S. freshwater use for 2015, declined slightly from 2010, and remains below the peak use in 1980. (Interactive Graph)
Total 2015 water use for the South Atlantic area (million gallons per day = Mgal/d):
Georgia: 3,381 Mgal/d
North Carolina: 10,272 Mgal/d
South Carolina: 6,172 Mgal/d
Water use in the Georgia, North and South Carolina, along with the eastern half of the country, is predominately used for Thermoelectric cooling and steam generation.
The future health and welfare of the Nation's population is dependent upon a continuing supply of uncontaminated fresh water. Increasing withdrawals and increasing demands for instream flows are limiting the water available for future use. The USGS compiles water-use data from numerous sources for all parts of the country, and since 1950 has published a series of Circulars on the estimated use of water in the United States at 5-year intervals. (Circular 1445, Estimated use of water in the United States in 2015)
Estimated total U.S. freshwater use for 2015, declined slightly from 2010, and remains below the peak use in 1980. (Interactive Graph)
Total 2015 water use for the South Atlantic area (million gallons per day = Mgal/d):
Georgia: 3,381 Mgal/d
North Carolina: 10,272 Mgal/d
South Carolina: 6,172 Mgal/d
Water use in the Georgia, North and South Carolina, along with the eastern half of the country, is predominately used for Thermoelectric cooling and steam generation.