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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Program", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center/science/new-hampshire-water-use", "headline": "New Hampshire Water Use", "datePublished": "November 4, 2019", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laura Medalie", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/laura-medalie", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-2440-2149" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tomas W. Smieszek", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/tomas-w-smieszek", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-1361-2167" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha G Nielsen", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/martha-g-nielsen", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0003-3038-9400" } }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey R Barbaro", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jeffrey-r-barbaro", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-6107-2142" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Water use estimates for 2000 through 2020 are now available for the three largest categories of use in the United States: self-supplied thermoelectric power generation, self-supplied irrigation, and public supply. Five additional categories of use (self-supplied industrial, domestic, mining, livestock, and aquaculture) will be available in 2025." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled the Nation's water-use data at the county, State, and national levels every 5 years between 1950 and 2015." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Core numbers are presented on a separate page with the link provided below." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "New Hampshire is fortunate to have abundant freshwater resources." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Annual precipitation averages in New Hampshire place the State in the top half of the wettest States in the United States." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "- Our WSC collected site-specific and aggregated water-use information for each county in Massachusetts." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Summary of 2015 Compilation for New Hampshire" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Background" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "However, as populations have grown (20.1 percent between 1990 and 2015), freshwater resources have come under significant stress in many areas, particularly during periods of drought." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "- The New England Water Science Center (WSC) collected, reviewed, and aggregated water withdrawal data in Massachusetts from different sources (groundwater and surface water in both fresh and saline settings) as a part of the national effort." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "- The New England WSC complied and estimated water use at the county level for eight water-use categories: thermoelectric, public supply, domestic, livestock, mining, industrial, irrigation, aquaculture." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "New England Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Withdrawals" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water Use" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water Use Compilations" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water Availability" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water Sustainability" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Statistics" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "New England" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Drinking Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" } ]
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