Estimating water use in the United States : a new paradigm for the national water-use information program / Committee on USGS Water Resources Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water use.

Physical Description:

xiii, 176 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2002]

Contents:

Statement of Task: Review of the National Water-Use Information Program 10

2 The National Water-Use Information Program: Past and Present 16

History of Water-Use Information Programs at the USGS 17

Should the USGS Continue to Administer the Program? 21

Challenges Faced by the Current Program 24

State Water Use Data Collection Programs 29

Survey Results 30

Water Registers and Permits 31

Township-Range-Section Coordinates 32

State Water Use Data Collection Categories 33

3 Water Use Data and Their Application 36

The Need for Water Use Data 36

Categories of Water Use and Withdrawals 37

Metadata and Uncertainty 42

Value of Data at Various Scales of Space and Time 45

State-Level Water Use Data: The Arkansas Case Study 46

River Reaches 59

National Water Use Data: Federal Site-Specific Databases 63

4 Overview of Water Use Estimation 68

Direct Estimation 69

Indirect Estimation 73

Input-Output Tables and Materials Flow Analysis 81

5 Stratified Random Sampling to Estimate Water Use 86

Stratified Random Sampling Methodology 87

Example: Development of a Sampling Plan for Arkansas 89

Substrata Delineation 92

Application to States That Lack Water Use Data 95

Issues for Further Research 96

6 Regression Models of Water Use 100

National Water Use Data 100

Water Use Relationships 102

Weather Normalization of Water Use 103

State-Level Models of Public Supply Withdrawals 103

State-Level Models for Thermoelectric Withdrawals 110

7 A Vision for the NWUIP 115

Requirements for Any National Program of Water Use Estimation 115

Goals of the NWUIP 116

Conceptual Framework for the NWUIP 117

The Natural and Infrastructure Water Systems 119

A Hierarchical Water Use Data Structure 123

8 Integrative Water Use Science 130

Synthesis of Water Flow, Water Use, Land Use, and Water Quality 131

Sources of Water-Quality Data for an Expanded NWUIP 132

Estimating Instream Flow for Ecological Needs 136

Assessing the Relevance of Water Use Information in Determining Instream Water Availability 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0309084830

OCLC:

50721257