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WATER SCIENCE BY STATE

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Estimated Use of Water in the United States
Data Dictionary for County-Level Data for 2000

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Column Tag	Data Element
STATE	State postal abbreviation
STATEFIPS	State FIPS code
COUNTYFIPS	County FIPS code
FIPS	Combined State-county FIPS codes
TP-TotPop	Total population of county, in thousands
PS-TOPop	Public supply, total population served, in thousands
PS-WGWFr	Public supply, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PS-WSWFr	Public supply, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PS-WFrTo	Public supply, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
DO-SSPop	Domestic, self-supplied population, in thousands
DO-WGWFr	Domestic, ground-water self-supplied withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
DO-WSWFr	Domestic, surface-water self-supplied withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
DO-WFrTo	Domestic, total self-supplied withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
IN-WGWFr	Industrial, ground-water self-supplied withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
IN-WGWSa	Industrial, ground-water self-supplied withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
IN-WGWTo	Industrial, ground-water self-supplied withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
IN-WSWFr	Industrial, surface-water self-supplied withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
IN-WSWSa	Industrial, surface-water self-supplied withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
IN-WSWTo	Industrial, surface-water self-supplied withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
IN-WFrTo	Industrial, total self-supplied withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
IN-WSaTo	Industrial, total self-supplied withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
IN-Wtotl	Industrial, total self-supplied withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
IT-IrSpr	Irrigation, acres irrigated, sprinkler, in thousands
IT-IrMic	Irrigation, acres irrigated, microirrigation, in thousands
IT-IrSur	Irrigation, acres irrigated, surface, in thousands
IT-IrTot	Irrigation, acres irrigated, total, in thousands
IT-WGWFr	Irrigation, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
IT-WSWFr	Irrigation, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
IT-WFrTo	Irrigation, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
LA-WGWFr	Aquaculture, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
LA-WSWFr	Aquaculture, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
LA-WFrTo	Aquaculture, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
LS-WGWFr	Livestock, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
LS-WSWFr	Livestock, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
LS-WFrTo	Livestock, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
MI-WGWFr	Mining, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
MI-WGWSa	Mining, ground-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
MI-WGWTo	Mining, ground-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
MI-WSWFr	Mining, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
MI-WSWSa	Mining, surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
MI-WSWTo	Mining, surface-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
MI-WFrTo	Mining, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
MI-WSaTo	Mining, total withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
MI-Wtotl	Mining, total withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
PT-WGWFr	Thermoelectric power, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PT-WSWFr	Thermoelectric power, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PT-WSWSa	Thermoelectric power, surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
PT-WSWTo	Thermoelectric power, surface-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
PT-WFrTo	Thermoelectric power, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PT-WSaTo	Thermoelectric power, total withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
PT-Wtotl	Thermoelectric power, total withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
PO-WSWFr	Thermoelectric power once-through, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PO-WSWSa	Thermoelectric power once-through, surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
PO-WSWTo	Thermoelectric power once-through, surface-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
PE-WGWFr	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PE-WSWFr	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PE-WSWSa	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
PE-WSWTo	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, surface-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
PE-WFrTo	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
PE-WSaTo	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, total withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
PE-Wtotl	Thermoelectric power closed-loop, total withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
TO-WGWFr	Total, ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
TO-WGWSa	Total, ground-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
TO-WGWTo	Total, ground-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
TO-WSWFr	Total, surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
TO-WSWSa	Total, surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
TO-WSWTo	Total, surface-water withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d
TO-WFrTo	Total withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d
TO-WSaTo	Total withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d
TO-WTotl	Total withdrawals, total, in Mgal/d

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