Aquifer
-a gelogic formation, group of formation, or part of a formations that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to wells and springs.Commercial water use
-water for motels, hotels, restaurants, office buildings, other commercial facilities, and institutions. The water may be obtained from a public supply or may be self supplied.Consuptive use
-that part of water withdrawn that is evaporated, transpired,incorporated into products or crops, consumed by humans or livestock, or otherwise removed from the immediate water environment. Also referred to as water consumed.Conveyance loss
-water that is lost in transit from a pipe, canal,conduit,or ditch by leakage or evaporation. Generally, the water is not available for further use; however, leakage from an irrigation ditch, for example, may percolate to a ground-water source and be available for further use.Cooling water
-water used for cooling porposes,such as of condensers and nuclear reactors.Delivery/release
-the amount of water deliverd to the point of use and the amount released after use; the difference between these amounts is usually the same as the consumptive use.Domestic water use-
water for household purposes,such as drinking,food preparation, bathing, residential water use. The water may be obtained from a public supply or may be self supplied.Evaporation
-process by wich water is changed from a liquid into a vapor.Evapotraspiration
-a collective term that includes water discharged to the atmosphere as a result of evaporation from the soil and surface-water bodies and as a result of plant transpiration.Freshwater
-water that contains less than 1.000 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of dissolved solids; generally, more than 500 mg/l of dissolved solids is undesirable for drinking and many industrial uses.Ground water
-generally all subsurface water as distinct from surface water specifically, that part of the sub surface.Hydroelectrct power water use
-the use of water in the generation of elecrticy at plants where the turbine generators are driven by falling water. Hydroelectric water use is classified as an instream use in this report.Industrial water use
-water used for industrial purposes such as fabrication, processing, washing, and cooling, and includes such industries as steel,chemical and allied products, paper and allied products,mining ,and petroleum refining.The water may be obtained from a public supply or may be self supplied.Irrigation district
-a cooperative, self-governing public corporation set up a subdivision of the State governament, with definite geographic boundaries, organized and having taxing power to obtain and distribute water for irrigation of lands within the districts.Irrigation water use
-artificial application of water on lands to assist in the growing of crops and pastures or to maintain vegetative growth in recreational lands such as parks and golf courses.Instream use
-water that is used, but not withdrawn, from a ground-or surface-water source for such purposes as hydroelectric power generation, navigation, water -quality improvement, fish propagation, and recreation.Livestock water use
-water for livestock watering, feed lots, dairy operations, fish farming,and other on-farm needs. Livestock as used here includes cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, and poultry.Offstream use
-water withdrawn or diverted from a ground-or surface water source for public-water supply, industry, irrigation, livestock, thermoelectric power generation, and other uses.Per capita use
-the average amount of water used per person during a standard time period, generally per day.Public supply
-water withdrawn by public and private water suppliers and delivered to users. Public suppliers provide water for a varietyof uses, domestic, commercial, thermoelectric power, industrial, and public water use .Public water use
-water supplied from a public -water supplyand used for such purposes as fireffighting, street washing, and municipal parks and swimming pools.Reclaimed wastewater
-wastewater treatment plant effluent that has been diverted for beneficial use before it reaches a natural waterway or aquifer.Recycled water
-waterthat is used more than one time before it passed back into the natural hydrologic system.Return flow
-the water that reaches a ground-or surface-water source after realese from the point of use and thus becomes available for futher use.Rural water use
-term used in previous water-use circulars to describe water used in suburbsn or farm areas for domestic and livestock needs. The water generally is self supplied, and includes domestic use, drinking water for livestock, and other use, such as dairy sanitation, evaporation, evaporation from stock-watering ponds, and cleaning and waste disposal.Saline water
-water that contains more than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids.Self -supplied water
-water withdrawn from a surface- or ground -water source by a user rather than being obtained from a public supply.Surface water
-an opened body of water, such as a river or a lake.Transpiration
-process by whic water that is absorbed by plants, usally through the roots, is evaporated into the atmosphere.Wastewater
-water that carries wastes from homes, businesses, and industries.Wastewater treatment
-the processing of wastewater for the removal or reduction of contained solids or other undesirable constituens.Wastewater-teatment return flow
-water returned to the hydrologic system by wastewater-treatment facilities.Water transfer
-artificial conveyance of water from onearea to anothere.Water use
-1)in a restrictive sense, the term refers to water that is actually used for a specific purpose, such as for domestic use, irrigation, or industrial processing.In this report, the quantity of water use for specific category is the combination of self-supplied withdrawals and public-supply deliveries. 2) More broadly, water use pertains to human's interaction with and influence on the hydrologic cycle, and includes elements such as water withdrawal, delivery, consumpite use, wastewater release, reclaimed wastewayter, return flow, and instream use.Withdrawal
-water removed from the ground or diverted from a surface-water source for use. See also offstream, use and self-sepplied water.