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Domestic Water Use: 20th Century
Historic domestic water use on the Seward Peninsula is assumed to be a funciton of population, technology, and water resource availability. Infrastructure improvements and the institution of record keeping over the last century have contributed to a gradual shift in estimates of water use from an assumed 10 liters per capita per day (lpcpd) times the census population to actual measured output from the water treatment plant and watering point or distribution system. Still some records are incomplete and water use must be estimated by infrastructure limitation (e.g. storage capacity and filling frequency).
Figure 1. Historic domestic water use on the Seward Peninsula, 1900-2005.
After the post-gold rush decline in the early 20th century, population has been growing on the Seward Peninsula. Water use in Nome took a large step increase when piped water was provided (Figure 1). Likewise some jumps in village water use are attributable to infrastructure upgrades. Some decreases in water use are the result of repairing leaky mains. Domestic demand for water on the Seward Peninsula has increased over the last century (after the end of the gold rush) and demand is only expected in increase over the next century as population increases and infrastrucutre is developed. Next: Industrial Water Use
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. OPP-0328686. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
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