U.S. Geological Survey

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

  Thermoelectric power water use by Colorado and the nation, 1990
  [Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding.
       Mgal/d = million gallons per day; kWh = kilowatthour]
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            ALL THERMOELECTRIC POWER WATER USE, in Mgal/d

                          Part I
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                Self-supplied withdrawals, by source         
                           and type                   Public-
                ------------------------------------  supply 
STATE           Ground                                deliv- 
                 water     Surface water              eries  
                          ---------------                    
                 Fresh    Fresh    Saline    Total     Fresh 
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Colorado           21         94        0        94     13    
Total             525    130,000   64,500   194,000     80    

                          Part II
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                         Total use
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                Withdrawals
STATE              and         Consumptive use       POWER
                 deliveries                        GENERATED,
                             --------------------  in million
                   Fresh    Fresh  Saline   Total     kWh
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Colorado              127      41      0       41      30,000
Total             131,000   3,500    484    3,980   2,500,000