Open-File Report 2006–1058

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Open-File Report 2006–1058

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Table 1. Withdrawals from the N aquifer, Black Mesa area, Arizona, 1965–2004.

[Values are rounded to nearest 10 acre-feet. Data for 1965–79 from Eychaner (1983). Total withdrawals in Littin and Monroe (1996) were for the confined area of the aquifer]

Year Industrial1 Municipal2,3 Total withdrawals
Confined Unconfined
1965 0 50 20 70
1966 0 110 30 140
1967 0 120 50 170
1968 100 150 100 350
1969 40 200 100 340
1970 740 280 150 1,170
1971 1,900 340 150 2,390
1972 3,680 370 250 4,300
1973 3,520 530 300 4,350
1974 3,830 580 360 4,770
1975 3,500 600 510 4,610
1976 4,180 690 640 5,510
1977 4,090 750 730 5,570
1978 3,000 830 930 4,760
1979 3,500 860 930 5,290
1980 3,540 910 880 5,330
1981 4,010 960 1,000 5,970
1982 4,740 870 960 6,570
1983 4,460 1,360 1,280 7,100
1984 4,170 1,070 1,400 6,640
1985 2,520 1,040 1,160 4,720
1986 4,480 970 1,260 6,710
1987 3,830 1,130 1,280 6,240
1988 4,090 1,250 1,310 6,650
1989 3,450 1,070 1,400 5,920
1990 3,430 1,170 1,210 5,810
1991 4,020 1,140 1,300 6,460
1992 3,820 1,180 1,410 6,410
1993 3,700 1,250 1,570 6,520
1994 4,080 1,210 1,600 6,890
1995 4,340 1,220 1,510 7,070
1996 4,010 1,380 1,650 7,040
1997 4,130 1,380 1,580 7,090
1998 4,030 1,440 1,590 7,060
1999 4,210 1,420 1,480 7,110
2000 4,490 1,610 1,640 7,740
2001 4,530 1,490 1,660 7,680
2002 4,640 1,500 1,860 8,000
2003 4,450 1,350 1,440 7,240
2004 4,370 1,240 1,600 7,210

1Metered pumpage from the confined area of the aquifer by Peabody Western Coal Company.

2Does not include withdrawals from the wells equipped with windmills.

3Includes estimated pumpage, 1965–73, and metered pumpage, 1974–79, at Tuba City; metered pumpage at Kayenta and estimated pumpage at Chilchinbito, Rough Rock, Piñon, Keams Canyon, and Kykotsmovi before 1980; metered and estimated pumpage furnished by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1980–85; and metered pumpage furnished by the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, various Hopi Village Administrations, and the U.S. Geological Survey, 1986–2004.

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