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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

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Table 12. Thermoelectric power water withdrawals, 2000.
[Figures may not sum to totals because of independent rounding]

STATE WITHDRAWALS
(in million gallons per day)
 WITHDRAWALS
(in thousand acre-feet per year)
By source and type
 Total
 By type
Ground water
 Surface water
Fresh Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total
Alabama 0 8,190 0 8,190 8,190 0 8,190 9,180 0 9,180
Alaska 4.65 28.9 0 28.9 33.6 0 33.6 37.6 0 37.6
Arizona 74.3 26.2 0 26.2 100 0 100 113 0 113
Arkansas 2.92 2,170 0 2,170 2,180 0 2,180 2,440 0 2,440
California 3.23 349 12,600 12,900 352 12,600 12,900 395 14,100 14,500
                     
Colorado 16.1 122 0 122 138 0 138 155 0 155
Connecticut 0.08 186 3,440 3,630 187 3,440 3,630 209 3,860 4,070
Delaware 0.47 366 738 1,100 366 738 1,100 411 827 1,240
District of Columbia 0 9.69 0 9.69 9.69 0 9.69 10.9 0 10.9
Florida 29.5 629 12,000 12,600 658 12,000 12,600 738 13,400 14,100
                     
Georgia 1.03 3,240 61.7 3,310 3,250 61.7 3,310 3,640 69.2 3,710
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois 5.75 11,300 0 11,300 11,300 0 11,300 12,600 0 12,600
Indiana 2.58 6,700 0 6,700 6,700 0 6,700 7,510 0 7,510
                     
Iowa 11.9 2,530 0 2,530 2,540 0 2,540 2,850 0 2,850
Kansas 14.9 2,240 0 2,240 2,260 0 2,260 2,530 0 2,530
Kentucky 2.71 3,250 0 3,250 3,260 0 3,260 3,650 0 3,650
Louisiana 28.4 5,580 0 5,580 5,610 0 5,610 6,290 0 6,290
Maine 4.92 108 295 403 113 295 408 127 330 457
                     
Maryland 1.80 377 6,260 6,640 379 6,260 6,640 425 7,020 7,440
Massachusetts 0 108 3,610 3,720 108 3,610 3,720 121 4,050 4,170
Michigan 0 7,710 0 7,710 7,710 0 7,710 8,640 0 8,640
Minnesota 4.17 2,260 0 2,260 2,270 0 2,270 2,540 0 2,540
Mississippi 43.5 318 148 467 362 148 510 406 166 572
                     
Missouri 12.2 5,620 0 5,620 5,640 0 5,640 6,320 0 6,320
Montana 0 110 0 110 110 0 110 123 0 123
Nebraska 6.87 2,810 0 2,810 2,820 0 2,820 3,160 0 3,160
Nevada 12.0 24.7 0 24.7 36.7 0 36.7 41.1 0 41.1
New Hampshire 0.71 235 761 997 236 761 997 265 854 1,120
                     
New Jersey 2.24 648 3,390 4,040 650 3,390 4,040 729 3,800 4,530
New Mexico 11.4 45.0 0 45.0 56.4 0 56.4 63.2 0 63.2
New York 0 4,040 5,010 9,050 4,040 5,010 9,050 4,530 5,610 10,100
North Carolina 0.09 7,850 1,620 9,470 7,850 1,620 9,470 8,800 1,810 10,600
North Dakota 0 902 0 902 902 0 902 1,010 0 1,010
                     
Ohio 7.57 8,590 0 8,590 8,590 0 8,590 9,630 0 9,630
Oklahoma 3.27 143 0 143 146 0 146 164 0 164
Oregon 2.47 12.8 0 12.8 15.3 0 15.3 17.2 0 17.2
Pennsylvania 3.98 6,970 0 6,970 6,980 0 6,980 7,820 0 7,820
Rhode Island 0 2.40 290 293 2.40 290 293 2.69 326 328
                     
South Carolina 5.83 5,700 0 5,700 5,710 0 5,710 6,400 0 6,400
South Dakota 1.23 4.01 0 4.01 5.24 0 5.24 5.87 0 5.87
Tennessee 0 9,040 0 9,040 9,040 0 9,040 10,100 0 10,100
Texas 60.2 9,760 3,440 13,200 9,820 3,440 13,300 11,000 3,860 14,900
Utah 13.1 49.2 0 49.2 62.2 0 62.2 69.8 0 69.8
                     
Vermont 0.66 355 0 355 355 0 355 398 0 398
Virginia 1.50 3,850 3,580 7,430 3,850 3,580 7,430 4,310 4,020 8,330
Washington 0.92 518 0 518 519 0 519 582 0 582
West Virginia 0 3,950 0 3,950 3,950 0 3,950 4,430 0 4,430
Wisconsin 8.99 6,090 0 6,090 6,090 0 6,090 6,830 0 6,830
                     
Wyoming 1.13 242 0 242 243 0 243 273 0 273
Puerto Rico 0 0 2,190 2,190 0 2,190 2,190 0 2,460 2,460
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 136 136 0 136 136 0 153 153
TOTAL 409 135,000 59,500 195,000 136,000 59,500 195,000 152,000 66,700 219,000

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