The Great Lakes Water Balance
Data Availability and Annotated Bibliography
By Brian P. Neff and Jason R. Killian

Introduction | Hydrological Information | Forecasts and Summary

Consumptive Use

Consumptive use refers to water that is withdrawn for anthropogenic use and not returned to the Great Lakes. According to the Regional Water Use Data Base, about 5% of the water that is withdrawn from the Great Lakes watershed is consumed (IJC 1999, p.6). Data for withdraws from the Great Lakes are maintained in the Regional Water Use Data Base. The Great Lakes Commission publishes annual reports on water use based on information in this database. The most current report available represents data through 1993 (GLC 1998). These reports are not available online, but can be obtained from the Great Lakes Commission. 

References

• Bibliographies of selected references

• Full reference list

• Sources of Hydrological data and information

This report is prepared by USGS in cooperation with the Great Lakes Commission.

The Great Lakes Commission is a  multi-agency, multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted team approach to addressing the science and policy of a Great Lakes water management regime will produce such application-oriented products as a water use web site, updated annual water use inventories, ecological evaluations of the system, and an integrated binational role for future Great Lakes-St. Lawrence endeavors.