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Finding Balance
Population: 7,000,000 people
Land Area: 250,000 square miles - roughly the size of Texas
Irrigated Land: 7,000,000 acres
Water Used: 17,000,000 acre-feet/year
Pie chart - % of Total Water Used by State Pie chart - % of total crop acreage Pie chart - % of total water used by crop
The Columbia Basin Water Transactions Program is made possible in large part through funding by the Bonneville Power Administration
in cooperation with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. © 2004 BPA & NFWF. All Rights Reserved.
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