Across the United States, the practices for collecting water use data vary significantly from state to state and vary also from one water use category to another, in response to the laws regulating water use and interest in water use data as an input for water management. However, many rich bodies of water use data exist at the state level, and an outstanding opportunity exists for assembling and statistically analyzing these data at the national level. This would lead to better techniques for water use estimation and to a greater capacity to link water use with its impact on water resources.
This report is a product of the Committee on Water Resources Research, which provides consensus advice to the Water Resources Division (WRD) of the USGS on scientific, research, and programmatic issues. The committee works under the auspices of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council (NRC). The committee considers a variety of topics that are important scientifically and programmatically to the USGS and the nation and issues reports when appropriate. This report concerns the National Water-Use Information Program (NWUIP).
National Research Council. 2002. Estimating Water Use in the United States: A New Paradigm for the National Water-Use Information Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/10484.
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Front Matter | i-xiv | |
Executive Summary | 1-9 | |
1. Introduction | 10-15 | |
2. The National Water-Use Information Program: Past and Present | 16-35 | |
3. Water Use Data and Their Application | 36-67 | |
4. Overview of Water Use Estimation | 68-85 | |
5. Stratified Random Sampling to Estimate Water Use | 86-99 | |
6. Regression Models of Water Use | 100-114 | |
7. A Vision for the NWUIP | 115-129 | |
8. Integrative Water Use Science | 130-142 | |
9. Conclusions and Recommendations | 143-149 | |
References | 150-154 | |
Acronyms and Abbreviations | 155-158 | |
Appendix A: Narrative Description of State Water Use Data Collection Programs | 159-172 | |
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members | 173-176 |
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