U.S. Geological Survey

Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990.
Domestic Water Use

     Domestic freshwater use by Colorado and the nation, 1990
  [Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding.
    Mgal/d = million gallons per day; gal/d = gallons per day]

                          Part I
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                          SELF SUPPLIED                
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                           Water withdrawals,
                               in Mgal/d
                        ---------------------     Per   
STATE      Population,      Source               capita 
          in thousands  ---------------  Total    use,  
                        Ground  Surface         in gal/d
                         water  water
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Colorado       248         19      0        19     76  
Total       42,800      3,260    132     3,390     79  

                          Part II
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                  PUBLIC SUPPLY                 TOTAL USE
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                                     Per    Withdrawals      
STATE     Population    Water      capita       and      Consump-
          served, in  deliveries     use    deliveries,  tive use,
          thousands   in Mgal/d   in gal/d   in Mgal/d   in Mgal/d
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Colorado     3,050         441       145         460        139
Total      210,000      21,900       105      25,300      5,880