The quantity of water used in a given area in transpiration, building of plant tissue, and evaporated from adjacent soil, water surface, snow or intercepted precipitation in a specific period of time.

that part of water withdrawn that is evaporated, transpired by plants, incorporated into products or crops, consumed by humans or livestock, or otherwise removed from the immediate water environment. Also referred to as water consumed.

Use of resources that reduces the supply, such as logging and mining.

Water removed from available supplies without direct return to a water resource system for uses such as manufacturing, agriculture, and food preparation.

Water removed from available supplies, without direct return to a water resource system, for uses such as manufacturing, agriculture, and food preparation. Contaminant

That part of water withdrawn that is evaporated, transpired by plants, incorporated into products or crops, consumed by humans or livestock, or otherwise removed from the immediate water environment. [..]

the quantity of water not available for reuse. Evapotranspiration, evaporation, incorporation into plant tissue, and infiltration into groundwater are some of the reasons water may not be available fo [..]

The difference between the total quantity of water withdrawn from the source for use and the quantity of water , in lquid (and, rarely, solid) form , returned to the source. It includes mainly water t [..]