This report contains statistical information relating to water use in Arkansas. The principle categories of water use, other than hydroelectric energy generation, are public supply, self-supplied industrial use, rural domestic and livestock use, irrigation, fish and minnow farming, water for wild life impoundments, and thermoelectric-energy generation. About half the total or 2,440 Mgal/d was used for irrigation, and of that 86 percent was ground water. A little more than half the water used in the state was ground water; streams and reservoirs supplied the rest.

The report includes:

• A graphic figure showing the categories of ground-water use and their relationships to each other
• A table showing use and consumption of water in 1975 and changes since 1970
• A map displaying water use in Arkansas counties in 1975, in million gallons per day
• A table giving each county's water use in 1975, divided into the principle categories
• A map displaying changes in water use in Arkansas from 1970 to 1975
• A table, arranged alphabetically by county, showing use of ground and surface water per day
• A table, arranged alphabetically by county, showing use of industrial and commercial water per day
• A table showing use of water to generate hydroelectric energy during 1975
• A table, arranged alphabetically by county, showing withdrawls of ground water during 1975

*Includes: 28 pages, 3 figures, 7 tables

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