16.2 Collectively, we consume huge amounts of water Livestock 21(2%) Domestic 99(8%) Municipal 23(2%) Irrigation 507039%6 Commercial 36(3‰) Industrial Thermoelectric 106(8%) power499(38%) Fiqure 16.4 Water usage in the United States (1995)in billions of liters per day
16.2 Collectively, we consume huge amounts of water
1500 □ Groundwater Population 口 Surface water □ Total 250 1200 200 900 508 600 100 300 1950195519601965197019751980198519901995 Figure 16.5 Total withdrawals of fresh water increased from 1950 to 1980 largely because of expanded irri- gation systems and urban developments. After 1980, however, conservation measures reduced water usage even in the face of a growing population