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Show GLOSSARY WITHDRAWAL REQUIREMENT - The quantity of water which must be available at the point of use to supply the consumptive and nonconsumptive requirements of various water uses. DEPLETION REQUIREMENT - The quantity of water consumptively used or dis- charged to the atmosphere and no longer available as a water source. GROSS WATER USE - The total quantity of water which would have been needed if no water were recirculated or reused. RECIRCULATION RATIO - Indicates the number of times a given quantity of water is recirculated and is defined as the gross water use divided by the total water withdrawal volume. MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL (M&I) WATER REQUIREMENTS - Defined to include domestic, manufacturing, livestock, governmental, and commercial and other water-use categories. MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER-USE RATE - The quantity of water used per person in a specified amount of time for domestic, manufacturing, govern- mental, and commercial purposes which is supplied by a municipal system; the rate is expressed in terms of gallons per capita per day. MUNICIPAL-DOMESTIC WATER-USE RATE - The quantity of water used per person in a specified amount of time for domestic purposes in households served by municipal systems; the rate is expressed in terms of gallons per capita per day. RURAL-DOMESTIC WATER-USE RATE - The quantity of water used per person in a specified amount of time for domestic purposes in households served by rural- domestic systems; the rate is expressed in terms of gallons per capita per day. MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM: The physical facilities of a central dis- tribution system which collect, treat, and distribute water from the source to domestic, manufacturing, governmental, and commercial water users in a municipality or community. RURAL-DOMESTIC SYSTEM - Physical facilities other than a municipal system which collect and distribute water directly from the source to one or more households for domestic use. SELF-SUPPXIED SYSTEM - The physical facilities other than municipal systems which collect, treat, and distribute water directly from the source to indi- vidual manufacturing, governmental, and commercial water uses. LIVESTOCK: SYSTEM - The physical facilities for stock watering purposes which collect and distribute water from the source to the point of use. 56 |