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Estimated Use of Water in the Tennessee River Watershed in 2000 and Projections of Water Use to 2030

U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4302
by Susan S. Hutson, M. Carolyn Koroa, and C. Michael Murphree


Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Hydrologic setting

Sources of data and methods of analysis

Acknowledgments

Water use

Instream use

Total offstream water use

Thermoelectric power

Industrial

Public supply

Irrigation

Projections of water use

Trends in water use

Summary

Selected references

Glossary

Appendix A. Water-use data sources for the Tennessee River watershed in 2000

Appendix B. Hydrologic unit codes and names

Appendix C. Improving hydropower and water quality at the Tennessee Valley Authority dams


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