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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

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Table 10. Industrial self-supplied 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 Saline Total Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total
Alabama 56.0 0 56.0 777 0 777 833 0 833 934 0 934
Alaska 4.32 0 4.32 3.80 3.86 7.66 8.12 3.86 12.0 9.10 4.33 13.4
Arizona 19.8 0 19.8 0 0 0 19.8 0 19.8 22.2 0 22.2
Arkansas 67.0 0.08 67.1 66.8 0 66.8 134 0.08 134 150 0.09 150
California 183 0 183 5.65 13.6 19.3 188 13.6 202 211 15.3 226
                         
Colorado 23.6 0 23.6 96.4 0 96.4 120 0 120 135 0 135
Connecticut 4.13 0 4.13 6.61 0 6.61 10.7 0 10.7 12.0 0 12.0
Delaware 17.0 0 17.0 42.5 3.25 45.70 59.4 3.25 62.7 66.6 3.64 70.3
District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 216 0 216 74.7 1.18 75.9 291 1.18 292 326 1.32 328
                         
Georgia 290 0 290 333 30.0 363 622 30.0 652 698 33.6 731
Hawaii 14.5 0.85 15.4 0 0 0 14.5 0.85 15.4 16.2 0.95 17.2
Idaho 35.8 0 35.8 19.7 0 19.7 55.5 0 55.5 62.2 0 62.2
Illinois 132 0 132 259 0 259 391 0 391 438 0 438
Indiana 99.7 0 99.7 2,300 0 2,300 2,400 0 2,400 2,690 0 2,690
                         
Iowa 226 0 226 11.7 0 11.7 237 0 237 266 0 266
Kansas 46.6 0 46.6 6.74 0 6.74 53.3 0 53.3 59.8 0 59.8
Kentucky 95.2 0 95.2 222 0 222 317 0 317 356 0 356
Louisiana 285 0 285 2,400 0 2,400 2,680 0 2,680 3,010 0 3,010
Maine 9.90 0 9.90 237 0 237 247 0 247 277 0 277
                         
Maryland 15.9 0 15.9 49.9 227 277 65.8 227 292 73.8 254 328
Massachusetts 10.7 0 10.7 26.2 0 26.2 36.8 0 36.8 41.3 0 41.3
Michigan 110 0 110 589 0 589 698 0 698 782 0 782
Minnesota 56.3 0 56.3 97.8 0 97.8 154 0 154 173 0 173
Mississippi 118 0 118 124 0 124 242 0 242 271 0 271
                         
Missouri 29.2 0 29.2 33.5 0 33.5 62.7 0 62.7 70.3 0 70.3
Montana 31.9 0 31.9 29.3 0 29.3 61.3 0 61.3 68.7 0 68.7
Nebraska 35.5 0 35.5 2.60 0 2.60 38.1 0 38.1 42.7 0 42.7
Nevada 5.29 0 5.29 5.00 0 5.00 10.3 0 10.3 11.5 0 11.5
New Hampshire 6.95 0 6.95 37.9 0 37.9 44.9 0 44.9 50.3 0 50.3
                         
New Jersey 65.3 0 65.3 66.2 0 66.2 132 0 132 147 0 147
New Mexico 8.80 0 8.80 1.67 0 1.67 10.5 0 10.5 11.7 0 11.7
New York 145 0 145 152 0 152 297 0 297 333 0 333
North Carolina 25.6 0 25.6 267 0 267 293 0 293 329 0 329
North Dakota 6.88 0 6.88 10.7 0 10.7 17.6 0 17.6 19.7 0 19.7
                         
Ohio 162 0 162 645 0 645 807 0 807 905 0 905
Oklahoma 6.83 0 6.83 19.1 0 19.1 25.9 0 25.9 29.1 0 29.1
Oregon 12.1 0 12.1 183 0 183.00 195 0 195 218 0 218
Pennsylvania 155 0 155 1,030 0 1,030 1,190 0 1,190 1,330 0 1,330
Rhode Island 2.19 0 2.19 2.09 0 2.09 4.28 0 4.28 4.80 0 4.80
                         
South Carolina 50.9 0 50.9 514 0 514 565 0 565 633 0 633
South Dakota 3.16 0 3.16 1.96 0 1.96 5.12 0 5.12 5.74 0 5.74
Tennessee 56.3 0 56.3 785 0 785 842 0 842 944 0 944
Texas 244 0.50 244 1,200 906 2,110 1,450 907 2,350 1,620 1,020 2,640
Utah 34.3 5.08 39.4 8.38 0 8.38 42.7 5.08 47.8 47.8 5.69 53.5
                         
Vermont 2.05 0 2.05 4.86 0 4.86 6.91 0 6.91 7.75 0 7.75
Virginia 104 0 104 365 53.3 419 470 53.3 523 526 59.7 586
Washington 138 0 138 439 39.9 479 577 39.9 617 647 44.7 692
West Virginia 9.70 0 9.70 958 0 958 968 0 968 1,090 0 1,090
Wisconsin 83.0 0 83.0 364 0 364 447 0 447 501 0 501
                         
Wyoming 4.31 0 4.31 1.47 0 1.47 5.78 0 5.78 6.48 0 6.48
Puerto Rico 11.2 0 11.2 0 0 0 11.2 0 11.2 12.5 0 12.5
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.22 0 0.22 3.12 0 3.12 3.34 0 3.34 3.74 0 3.74
TOTAL 3,570 6.51 3,580 14,900 1,280 16,200 18,500 1,280 19,700 20,700 1,440 22,100

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