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5.0 USE
Table 5-8 Annual Industrial Water Use
River Basin
Coal-Fired
Electric Power
Conventional
Oil and Gas
Mining and
Mine Trona Mining/
Reclamation 1 Soda Ash
Methane 4 Manufacturing Misc 2 Concrete 2 Construction 2 TOTAL
Aggregate, Road and
Coal Bed
Cement, Bridge
Surface Water Use (ac-ft)
Bear 0 300 0 0 0 300
Green 47,800 17,900 560 66,260
Northeast 0 0
Platte 31,900 2,700 450 0 4,600 580 2,000 42,230
Powder/Tongue 0 0
Snake/Salt 0 0 0 0
Wind/Bighorn 0 0 0 15,700 15,700
Total Surface Water 79,700 3,000 450 17,900 0 16,260 4,600 580 2,000 124,490
Groundwater Use (ac-ft)
Bear 0 90 0 0 90
Green 0 1,600 0 0 1,600
Northeast 1,200 10,400 2,700 0 35,600 49,900
Platte 0 17,600 17,500 0 0 9,300 11,200 0 55,600
Powder/Tongue 0 38,000 0 24,300 62,300
Snake/Salt 0 0 0 0 0 140 140
Wind/Bighorn 3 0 73,800 2,700 0 0 0 76,500
Total Groundwater 1,200 141,490 22,900 0 59,900 140 9,300 11,200 246,130
1 Green River Basin coal mining water use is included in power generation.
2 Estimates for these sectors were made only for the Platte River Basin.
3 Wind/Bighorn Basin conventional oil and gas use is water righted use.
Note: Blank spaces for water use in a particular basin indicate no estimate was made, not that there was no use.5-24
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