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Recycling Rates   (table)

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u.s. water recycling rates in
major manufacturing industries
(% of total water consumption)

Year

Paper and Allied Products

Chemical and Allied Products

Petroleum and Coal Products

Primary Metal Industries

All Manufacturing

1954

2.4

1.6

3.3

1.3

1.8

1964

2.7

2.0

4.4

1.5

2.1

1973

3.4

2.7

6.4

1.8

2.9

1978

5.3

2.9

7.0

1.9

3.4

1985

6.6

13.2

18.3

6.0

8.6

2000 (est.)

11.8

28.0

32.7

12.3

17.1