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Water Resources of Beauregard Parish

Fact Sheet 2012-3065
Prepared in cooperation with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
By: , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20123065

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Abstract

In 2005, about 30.6 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) of water was withdrawn in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, including about 30.4 Mgal/d from groundwater sources and 0.1 Mgal/d from surface water sources. Industrial use, primarily for wood products, accounted for about 72 percent (22.0 Mgal/d) of the total water withdrawn. Other categories of use included public supply, rural domestic, livestock, rice irrigation, general irrigation, and aquaculture. Water-use data collected at 5-year intervals from 1960 to 2005 indicate water withdrawals in the parish peaked at about 43.5 Mgal/d in 1985. The large increase in groundwater usage from 1970 to 1975 was primarily due to industrial withdrawals, which increased from 3.64 Mgl/d in 1970 to 29.0 Mgal/d in 1975. This fact sheet summarizes information on the water resources of Beauregard Parish, La. Information on groundwater and surface-water availability, quality, development, use, and trends is based on previously published reports listed in the Selected References section.

Suggested Citation

Prakken, L., Griffith, J.M., Fendick, R., 2012, Water Resources of Beauregard Parish: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012-3065, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20123065.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water Resources of Beauregard Parish
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2012-3065
DOI 10.3133/fs20123065
Year Published 2012
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Louisiana Water Science Center
Description 6 p.
Country United States
State Louisiana
County Beauregard Parish
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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