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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000

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Table 13. Thermoelectric power water withdrawals by cooling type, 2000.
[Figures may not sum to totals because of independent rounding. All values are in million gallons per day]

STATE WITHDRAWALS FOR ONCE-THROUGH COOLING
 WITHDRAWALS FOR CLOSED-LOOP COOLING
Surface water
 By source and type
 Total
Ground water Surface water
Fresh Saline Total Fresh Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total
Alabama 8,020 0 8,020 0 167 0 167 167 0 167
Alaska 28.9 0 28.9 4.65 0 0 0 4.65 0 4.65
Arizona 0 0 0 74.3 26.2 0 26.2 100 0 100
Arkansas 1,690 0 1,690 2.92 478 0 478 481 0 481
California 344 12,600 12,900 3.23 5.41 0 5.41 8.64 0 8.64
                     
Colorado 90.2 0 90.2 16.1 31.8 0 31.8 48.0 0 48.0
Connecticut 115 3,440 3,560 0.08 71.7 0 71.7 71.8 0 71.8
Delaware 0 0 0 0.47 366 738 1,100 366 738 1,100
District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 9.69 0 9.69 9.69 0 9.69
Florida 559 11,800 12,400 29.5 69.8 150 219 99.3 150 249
                     
Georgia 2,800 61.7 2,860 1.03 444 0 444 445 0 445
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois 11,000 0 11,000 5.75 239 0 239 245 0 245
Indiana 6,450 0 6,450 2.58 252 0 252 254 0 254
                     
Iowa 2,510 0 2,510 11.9 15.6 0 15.6 27.6 0 27.6
Kansas 2,210 0 2,210 14.9 29.1 0 29.1 44.0 0 44.0
Kentucky 824 0 824 2.71 2,430 0 2,430 2,430 0 2,430
Louisiana 4,500 0 4,500 28.4 1,080 0 1,080 1,110 0 1,110
Maine 90.8 295 385 4.92 17.2 0 17.2 22.2 0 22.2
                     
Maryland 377 5,670 6,050 1.80 0 589 589 1.80 589 591
Massachusetts 108 3,610 3,720 0 0.45 0 0.45 0.45 0 0.45
Michigan 7,710 0 7,710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 1,330 0 1,330 4.17 935 0 935 939 0 939
Mississippi 307 148 456 43.5 11.2 0 11.2 54.7 0 54.7
                     
Missouri 5,200 0 5,200 12.2 422 0 422 434 0 434
Montana 84.4 0 84.4 0 25.6 0 25.6 25.6 0 25.6
Nebraska 2,390 0 2,390 6.87 418 0 418 424 0 424
Nevada 0 0 0 12.0 24.7 0 24.7 36.7 0 36.7
New Hampshire 234 761 995 0.71 1.37 0 1.37 2.08 0 2.08
                     
New Jersey 648 3,330 3,980 2.24 0 57.6 57.6 2.24 57.6 59.9
New Mexico 0 0 0 11.4 45.0 0 45.0 56.4 0 56.4
New York 4,040 5,010 9,050 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina 7,850 1,620 9,470 0.09 0 0 0 0.09 0 0.09
North Dakota 887 0 887 0 14.5 0 14.5 14.5 0 14.5
                     
Ohio 7,790 0 7,790 7.57 799 0 799 806 0 806
Oklahoma 37.9 0 37.9 3.27 105 0 105 109 0 109
Oregon 0 0 0 2.47 12.8 0 12.8 15.3 0 15.3
Pennsylvania 4,330 0 4,330 3.98 2,650 0 2,650 2,650 0 2,650
Rhode Island 0 290 290 0 2.40 0 2.40 2.40 0 2.40
                     
South Carolina 3,860 0 3,860 5.83 1,850 0 1,850 1,850 0 1,850
South Dakota 0 0 0 1.23 4.01 0 4.01 5.24 0 5.24
Tennessee 8,860 0 8,860 0 174 0 174 174 0 174
Texas 6,990 3,440 10,400 60.2 2,770 0 2,770 2,830 0 2,830
Utah 0 0 0 13.1 49.2 0 49.2 62.2 0 62.2
                     
Vermont 354 0 354 0.66 0.55 0 0.55 1.21 0 1.21
Virginia 3,850 3,580 7,430 1.50 0 0 0 1.50 0 1.50
Washington 444 0 444 0.92 74.2 0 74.2 75.1 0 75.1
West Virginia 3,790 0 3,790 0 163 0 163 163 0 163
Wisconsin 6,090 0 6,090 8.99 0 0 0 8.99 0 8.99
                     
Wyoming 179 0 179 1.13 63.4 0 63.4 64.6 0 64.6
Puerto Rico 0 2,190 2,190 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 119,000 58,000 177,000 409 16,300 1,530 17,900 16,800 1,530 18,300

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