The USGS
is the lead Federal agency responsible for water-use data. This responsibility
was given to the USGS by a Congressional act in 1977, which established the
National Water-Use Information Program. One objective of this program is to
determine the amount of surface water and ground water withdrawn nationally.
Every 5 years, the USGS publishes a nationwide accounting of water-use information
including specific data for public-supply, industrial, irrigation, and thermoelectric
power generation.
Morenz, Michele L., Ron L. Van
Til and Carol L. Luukkonen, Water Use for Irrigation in Michigan, 2001, Date
Posted: September 23, 2005, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3079, 4P.
[http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fs2005-3079/]
