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Category - Caring for Our Water

Which of the following categories used the greatest amount of water in the US (as of 2010)?
  1. Irrigation
  2. Public supply
  3. Self-supplied industrial
  4. Thermoelectric power
Explanation
Answer: D - Thermoelectric power is the largest water user in the US, at an estimated 161,000 million gallons per day in 2010. Thermoelectric power, irrigation, and public supply together account for about 90% of national water use; self-supplied industrial use is a distant fourth place.
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