Table 15. Major water users (greater than 100,000 gallons of water or more daily) registration summary for counties within the Gasconade River basin. Use totals are shown as 1000 gallons per year rounded to the nearest 1000th. (Reference: Missouri Major Users Database, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Ducharme and Todd 1996).
County Domestic Muni-cipal Irrig-ation Recre-ation1 In-dustrial Fish & Wildlife2 Total Water Use
Dent 43,824 9,406,780 9,450,604
Gasconade 324,861 15,168 340,029
Howell 108,280 902,367 400 10,327 1,021,354
Laclede 871,335 96,801 7,300,000 8,268,136
Maries 1,642 27,301 704,000 3,690 736,632
Osage 171,314 12,020,874
Phelps 53,773 901,955 2,020 2,595,938 3,553,687
Pulaski 1,379,683 621,785 5,000 5,326 60,000 2,071,794
Texas 36 434,524 214,834 206,830 856,224
Webster 330,170 259,584 589,754
Wright 328,898 800 11,042 340,742
Totals 1543414 4914510 538410 712546 388690 19302718 392,49,830
Percent 3.9 12.5 1.4 1.8 1.0 49.2 100.0

1Recreation: Water used for recreational purposes, such as swimming and fishing. Water used for aesthetic purposes is also included under the recreational water use category.

2Fish and Wildlife: Uses which require water for the maintenance of fish and wildlife habitat, as well as subsistence of fish and wildlife populations. Water used for aquaculture is also registered under this category.

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