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5.0 USE
5.2.8 Livestock Consumptive Use
Livestock consumption estimates are based on ten gallons of water per cow per day and four
gallons of water per sheep per day. The pie chart below shows the estimated average annual livestock
water consumption by basin.
5.3 MUNICIPAL AND DOMESTIC WATER USE
Livestock Consumptive Use (ac-ft)
Wind/Bighorn
3,100
Bear
500
Green
3,200
Snake/Salt
500
Powder/Tongue
2,700
Northeast Wyoming
2,900
Platte
6,300
5.3.1 Introduction
Municipal water uses are those uses satisfied by a public water supply system. Municipal water
use is a relatively small but important part of Wyoming’s water use. Figure 5-3 shows the municipalities
in Wyoming by river basin planning area and by primary source of supply. Municipal needs are served
by surface water, groundwater, and combinations thereof.
Primarily, information was obtained from the various municipalities through direct
communication or from various years of the WWDC’s “Water System Survey Report”. Other sources
included the WDEQ and various water supply reports for the areas. The detailed information compiled
for each entity in each of the river basin planning areas is presented in the Municipal Use Technical
Memorandum for that river basin planning area.
The river basin plans compared the existing use and the demand imposed on the municipal
system to the capacity of that system. Most of the municipal systems in Wyoming have adequate capacity
to meet existing needs. There are, however, a number of entities with system capacities close to or less
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