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Virginia Water Science Center: Water Use


DOMESTIC WATER WITHDRAWALS FOR VIRGINIA, 1995*
(in millions of gallons per day)

Domestic-- includes water for household purposes, such as drinking, food preparation, bathing, washing clothes and dishes, flushing toilets, and watering lawns and gardens. Note that almost all self-supplied domestic withdrawals are from ground water.

Total domestic water withdrawal 1995
surface water withdrawals, domestic, 1995
ground water withdrawals, domestic, 1995
*Data and information are compiled from Solley, W.B., Pierce, R. R., and Perlman, H.A., 1998, Estimated use of water in the United States in 1995: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1200, 71 p. 

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