Findings

Freshwater Use as Percentage of Total Renewable Water Resources

This map shows total water withdrawal and per capita by country.

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This map shows the percent of total renewable water resources originating outside the country.

This map shows total renewable water resources by country and per person.

Originally published in 1979, The California Water Atlas, a monument of 20th century cartographic publishing, has been scanned and put online for free public access by the David Rumsey Map Collection. Linda Vida, Director of The Water Resources Center Archives of the University of California asked David Rumsey and Cartography Associates to scan and make available to the public this extraordinary book. The copyright holder, the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, agreed to allow free public access online.