Table 13. Commercial freshwater use by water-resources region, 1990
[Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding.
All values in million gallons per day]
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SELF-SUPPLIED
WITHDRAWALS TOTAL USE
------------------------- PUBLIC-SUPPLY
REGION Source DELIVERIES ----------------------------
----------------- Total Withdrawals and Consumptive
Ground Surface deliveries use
water water
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New England 82 51 133 172 305 36
Mid Atlantic 94 39 133 937 1,070 101
South Atlantic-Gulf 120 14 134 746 880 121
Great Lakes 27 81 108 637 746 69
Ohio 58 31 89 411 500 52
Tennessee 56 .2 56 111 167 16
Upper Mississippi 134 126 260 607 867 83
Lower Mississippi 20 72 92 150 242 29
Souris-Red-Rainy .1 .2 .3 11 11 1.0
Missouri Basin 33 6.4 40 270 309 63
Arkansas-White-Red 27 138 165 241 406 53
Texas-Gulf 47 11 57 113 170 14
Rio Grande 19 1.2 20 64 84 44
Upper Colorado 5.6 .7 6.3 19 25 5.3
Lower Colorado 23 6.3 29 191 220 76
Great Basin 7.0 9.3 16 89 105 14
Pacific Northwest 49 669 718 202 920 52
California 58 213 271 780 1,050 7.8
Alaska 8.7 9.0 18 33 51 5.0
Hawaii 39 .6 40 62 102 26
Caribbean .4 .3 .8 57 58 18
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Total 908 1,480 2,390 5,900 8,290 885
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