Table 11. Domestic freshwater use by water-resources region, 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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SELF SUPPLIED PUBLIC SUPPLY TOTAL USE
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Water withdrawals,
in Mgal/d
--------------------- Per Per Withdrawals
REGION Population, Source capita Population Water capita and Consump-
in thousands --------------- Total use, served, in deliveries, use, deliveries, tive use,
Ground Surface in gal/d thousands in Mgal/d in gal/d in Mgal/d in Mgal/d
water water
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New England 2,220 169 0.0 169 76 10,600 713 67 882 124
Mid Atlantic 6,470 396 .1 396 61 35,100 3,270 93 3,660 415
South Atlantic-Gulf 6,990 659 0 659 94 27,700 2,790 100 3,450 815
Great Lakes 3,820 282 1.0 283 74 17,600 1,400 80 1,690 235
Ohio 5,390 352 8.1 360 67 16,500 1,050 64 1,410 191
Tennessee 883 56 0 56 63 3,030 252 83 308 43
Upper Mississippi 4,340 371 0 371 85 16,900 1,530 90 1,900 401
Lower Mississippi 1,230 90 0 90 74 5,940 698 117 788 151
Souris-Red-Rainy 211 22 0 22 105 461 45 99 68 25
Missouri Basin 1,700 138 1.0 139 82 8,350 925 111 1,060 400
Arkansas-White-Red 1,380 118 0 118 85 6,870 705 103 823 267
Texas-Gulf 700 79 0 79 113 14,500 2,060 142 2,140 760
Rio Grande 311 23 0 23 75 1,920 282 147 305 142
Upper Colorado 137 9.9 .3 10 74 488 83 169 93 34
Lower Colorado 363 37 2.1 39 108 4,380 722 165 761 363
Great Basin 145 13 2.6 15 106 2,040 432 212 448 165
Pacific Northwest 1,830 212 7.7 220 120 7,080 960 136 1,180 186
California 4,200 210 103 313 74 25,200 3,690 146 4,000 1,020
Alaska 174 6.2 .7 6.9 40 376 30 79 36 3.7
Hawaii 53 8.5 1.4 9.9 189 1,060 126 119 136 68
Caribbean 208 3.7 4.6 8.2 40 3,420 163 48 171 74
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Total 42,800 3,260 132 3,390 79 210,000 21,900 105 25,300 5,880
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