Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990.
Commercial Water Use
Table 14. Commercial freshwater use by State, 1990
[Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding.
Mgal/d = million gallons per day; gal/d = gallons per day]
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WITHDRAWALS PUBLIC- TOTAL USE
------------------------ SUPPLY
STATE Source DELIVERIES ----------------------------
----------------- Total Withdrawals and Consumptive
Ground Surface deliveries use
water water
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Alabama 3.1 0.3 3.5 58 61 13
Alaska 8.7 9.0 18 33 51 5.0
Arizona 18 0 18 117 135 61
Arkansas 14 207 222 106 328 38
California 57 177 234 791 1,020 7.1
Colorado 7.7 .9 8.6 108 116 17
Connecticut 18 .6 18 51 69 13
Delaware 1.8 0 1.8 18 20 2.0
D.C. 0 0 0 47 47 4.7
Florida 50 1.5 52 282 334 35
Georgia 30 12 42 151 192 35
Hawaii 39 .6 40 62 102 26
Idaho 16 0 16 6.1 22 1.1
Illinois 54 119 173 498 672 54
Indiana 33 31 63 102 165 25
Iowa 19 8.0 27 59 86 11
Kansas 6.2 0 6.2 77 83 33
Kentucky 4.2 9.2 13 23 37 1.3
Louisiana 12 .9 13 54 67 10
Maine 3.6 30 34 24 58 5.5
Maryland 19 6.4 26 87 113 11
Massachusetts 55 18 74 58 132 13
Michigan 8.1 27 35 340 375 30
Minnesota 56 16 71 22 93 12
Mississippi 16 0 16 33 48 8.2
Missouri 22 0 22 59 81 5.5
Montana 0 0 0 25 25 9.1
Nebraska .2 0 .2 50 50 16
Nevada 7.1 16 23 89 112 20
New Hampshire .4 .2 .6 17 17 1.9
New Jersey 15 1.4 17 140 157 6.3
New Mexico 16 1.2 17 68 86 51
New York 29 32 61 391 452 45
North Carolina 17 0 17 138 155 17
North Dakota .1 0 .1 15 16 2.5
Ohio 25 11 36 325 361 30
Oklahoma 4.8 1.5 6.3 100 106 7.7
Oregon 7.3 704 711 67 778 18
Pennsylvania 14 10 24 205 229 23
Rhode Island 4.2 1.3 5.6 22 28 2.7
South Carolina 2.1 0 2.1 119 121 18
South Dakota 12 4.6 17 16 33 3.2
Tennessee 55 0 55 181 236 21
Texas 51 11 62 119 181 8.9
Utah 4.2 0 4.2 62 66 8.7
Vermont 2.8 1.0 3.8 3.1 6.9 .9
Virginia 27 8.3 35 173 208 25
Washington 27 .4 27 119 146 29
West Virginia 2.5 .6 3.1 20 23 2.3
Wisconsin 11 0 11 99 110 22
Wyoming .9 .7 1.6 16 18 2.7
Puerto Rico .1 0 .1 55 56 18
Virgin Islands .4 .3 .7 2.1 2.8 .4
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Total 908 1,480 2,390 5,900 8,290 885
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