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Water-Use Data Dictionary

Abbreviation Meaning
TP-TotPop "Total population of the County, in thousands"
PS-WGWFr "Public Supply ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
PS-WSWFr "Public Supply surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
IN-WGWFr "Industrial, self-supplied ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
IN-WGWSa "Industrial, self-supplied ground-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d"
IN-WSWFr "Industrial, self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, fresh, Mgal/d"
IN-WSWSa  "Industrial, self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, saline, Mgal/d"
PO-WSWFr  "Thermoelectric Power (once-through cooling systems), self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
PO-WSWSa "Thermoelectric Power (once-through cooling systems), self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d"
PE-WGWFr "Thermoelectric Power (other than once-through cooling), self-supplied ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
PE-WSWFr "Thermoelectric Power (other than once-through cooling), self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
PE-WSWSa  "Thermoelectric Power (other than once-through cooling), self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, saline, in Mgal/d"
IR-WGWFr "Irrigation, self-supplied ground-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
IR-WSWFr "Irrigation, self-supplied surface-water withdrawals, fresh, in Mgal/d"
IR-IrSpr "Irrigation, sprinkler method, thousand acres irrigated"
IR-IrMic "Irrigation, microirrigation method, thousand acres irrigated"
IR-IrSur  "Irrigation, surface method, thousand acres irrigated"

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