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Past and Future Water Use in the United States

The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the Forest Service to periodically assess anticipated resource supply and demand conditions of the nation's renewable resources.  This project focuses on fresh water demand.

Brown, Thomas C. 2000. Projecting U.S. freshwater withdrawals. Journal of Water Resources Research 36(3): 769-780.
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Brown, Thomas C. 1999. Past and future freshwater use in the United States: A technical document supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-39. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 47 p.

• Part one (3 MB pdf file)
  
• Part two (3.7 MB pdf file)

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