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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/upper-midwest-water-science-center/science/water-use-wisconsin",
 "headline": "Water use in Wisconsin",
 "datePublished": "February 1, 2019",
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     "name": "Cheryl A Buchwald",
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     "text": "Other water-use resources"
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     "text": "(See the Publications tab above for links to other official USGS publications.)"
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     "text": "National Research Council, 2002, Estimating water use in the United States\u2014A new paradigm for the National Water Use Information Program: Washington, DC, National Academies Press, 176 p."
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     "text": "Non-USGS water-use publications"
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     "text": "Access to water-use information - which includes how much, where, and for what purpose water is being used - is essential for water-resources planners and managers, as well as environmental scientists. This information is critical for:"
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     "text": "Current activities include:"
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     "text": "Water use \u2013 Sustaining Wisconsin\u2019s water wealth  (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)Water-Use Open Forum  (USGS Water-Use Data and Research Program)National Water Census  (USGS)Regional Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Glacial Aquifer System (USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program)"
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     "text": "The WI WUIP investigates and collects data on:"
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     "text": "Water-use information is essential for managing Wisconsin's valuable water resources. This critical information includes knowing how much, where, and for what purpose water is being used. The USGS works in cooperation with local, state, and federal environmental agencies to collect water-use information, and compiles and disseminates aggregated data at the county, state, and national level."
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     "text": "WISCONSIN WATER-USE INFORMATION PROGRAM"
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     "text": "The Wisconsin Water-Use Information Program (WI WUIP), part of the national USGS Water-Use Information Program, has a critical role in assessing how, where, and in what quantity water is used across the state. By better understanding water use in Wisconsin, the USGS can assist state and local agencies to meet current and future demands as well as assist in sustaining these water resources."
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     "text": "Wisconsin encompasses more than 56,000 mi2, of which 15 percent is covered by water. The State has three principal aquifer systems, more than 15,000 lakes, 32,000 miles of rivers and streams, and borders two Great Lakes\u2014Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. The abundant water resources have been important to the history of Wisconsin and the development of its agricultural and industrial livelihoods. However, this development can and has affected future water availability in parts of the State as seen by declining water levels and reductions in water quality."
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     "text": "This has led to recent legislative activity creating groundwater protection areas and the establishment of two groundwater management areas. This legislation also created a water-use reporting program that mandates the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to protect and manage Wisconsin\u2019s water resources. The USGS, through the National Water-Use Information Program, is responsible for compiling and disseminating the nation's water-use data. These data provide critical information used by decision-makers in meeting current and future water supply demands, as well as assist them in sustaining these water resources. The USGS works in cooperation with local, state, and federal environmental agencies to collect water-use information, and compiles these data to produce water-use information aggregated at the county, state, and national levels."
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     "text": "Why is water-use information important?"
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     "text": "Wisconsin Water Use 5-Year Compilations"
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     "text": "As part of the National Water-Use Information Program, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects, compiles, and estimates data for different categories of water use. Information about sources of water, amounts of water withdrawn, and how the water was used, is available to those involved in establishing water-resource policy and to those managing water resources. Every five years, data at the county level are compiled into a national water-use data system and state-level data are published. (Learn more about water-use terminology and water data acquisition.)"
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     "text": "Since reporting started in 1950, the methods scientists use to collect water use data and create estimates has changed. In some years, not all categories, counties, or sources of water use were available for compilation into the Wisconsin reports. Use the table below to determine what categories were compiled into the USGS \"Water Use in Wisconsin\" report of that year."
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     "text": "The WU WUIP also works to broaden the understanding of water use in Wisconsin by developing new and strengthening existing partnerships."
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     "text": "ObjectivesSpecific objectives of the WI WUIP are to:"
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     "text": "The Upper Midwest Water Science Center conducts water resource investigations that frequently incorporate a water-use component. The majority of these investigations integrate water-use data into the construction of a hydrologic model, which is used to evaluate the impact of water use on water budgets, ground-water-flow paths, and baseflow contribution to surface-water features. Below is a table of projects that have a water-use component."
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