Water Use by Source and Category in Idaho Counties, 2015
Dates
Publication Date
2018-07-12
Start Date
2015-01-01
End Date
2015-12-31
Citation
Murray, E.M., 2018, Water use by source and category in Idaho counties, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92AXN0O.
Summary
Water Use by Source and Category in Idaho Counties are compiled as part of the "Estimated Use of Water in the United States" series of U.S. Geological Survey Circular reports that have been published every 5 years since 1950 (Maupin and others, 2014). Idaho withdrawals in 2015 are being published as a separate dataset in support of the U.S. Geological Survey fact sheet 2018-3036. Maupin, M.A., Kenny, J.F., Hutson, S.S., Lovelace, J.K., Barber, N.L., and Linsey, K.S., 2014, Estimated use of water in the United States in 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1405, 56 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1405.
Summary
Water Use by Source and Category in Idaho Counties are compiled as part of the "Estimated Use of Water in the United States" series of U.S. Geological Survey Circular reports that have been published every 5 years since 1950 (Maupin and others, 2014). Idaho withdrawals in 2015 are being published as a separate dataset in support of the U.S. Geological Survey fact sheet 2018-3036.
Maupin, M.A., Kenny, J.F., Hutson, S.S., Lovelace, J.K., Barber, N.L., and Linsey, K.S., 2014, Estimated use of water in the United States in 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1405, 56 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1405.
This dataset describes water use estimates for 2015 that are aggregated to the county level in Idaho. Water use estimates are reported as groundwater and surface water withdrawals in the following categories of use: Public Supply, Domestic, Irrigation, Industrial, Mining, Livestock, Aquaculture, and Thermoelectric.