Table 12. Domestic 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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SELF SUPPLIED PUBLIC SUPPLY TOTAL USE
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Water withdrawals,
in Mgal/d
--------------------- Per Per Withdrawals
STATE 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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Alabama 369 28 0.0 28 75 3,670 368 100 396 53
Alaska 174 6.2 .7 6.9 40 376 30 79 36 3.7
Arizona 270 32 .3 32 118 3,390 509 150 541 268
Arkansas 573 51 0 51 88 1,780 188 106 239 51
California 4,280 212 106 318 74 25,500 3,740 147 4,060 1,030
Colorado 248 19 0 19 76 3,050 441 145 460 139
Connecticut 616 46 0 46 75 2,670 188 70 234 47
Delaware 138 11 0 11 79 528 41 78 52 5.2
D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 607 109 179 109 11
Florida 1,710 299 0 299 175 11,200 1,250 111 1,550 434
Georgia 1,320 100 0 100 75 5,150 594 115 693 125
Hawaii 53 8.5 1.4 9.9 189 1,060 126 119 136 68
Idaho 238 48 0 48 200 768 143 186 191 3.7
Illinois 1,370 115 0 115 84 10,100 904 90 1,020 102
Indiana 1,550 118 0 118 76 3,990 303 76 421 63
Iowa 682 45 0 45 67 2,090 138 66 183 73
Kansas 250 25 0 25 100 2,230 192 86 217 115
Kentucky 1,120 50 5.5 56 50 2,570 179 70 235 41
Louisiana 607 50 0 50 83 3,610 448 124 498 100
Maine 539 49 0 49 90 689 40 58 88 13
Maryland 843 70 0 70 83 3,940 414 105 484 48
Massachusetts 512 37 0 37 72 5,500 365 66 402 40
Michigan 1,690 123 .1 123 73 7,610 585 77 707 103
Minnesota 1,440 168 0 168 117 2,930 432 148 601 204
Mississippi 658 33 0 33 50 1,920 236 123 269 54
Missouri 1,030 62 0 62 60 4,090 348 85 410 114
Montana 204 15 .8 16 78 595 77 129 93 44
Nebraska 378 47 0 47 125 1,200 138 115 185 103
Nevada 82 9.6 .2 9.8 120 1,120 238 213 248 124
New Hampshire 415 27 0 27 65 694 49 71 76 11
New Jersey 911 68 0 68 75 6,820 511 75 580 106
New Mexico 308 24 0 24 78 1,210 163 135 187 109
New York 2,060 120 0 120 58 15,900 1,890 119 2,010 201
North Carolina 1,870 103 0 103 55 4,760 319 67 422 135
North Dakota 156 12 0 12 78 483 42 86 54 17
Ohio 1,790 131 2.7 134 75 9,060 455 50 589 88
Oklahoma 480 41 0 41 86 2,670 227 85 268 79
Oregon 622 57 7.6 64 104 2,220 246 111 311 81
Pennsylvania 2,720 141 0 141 52 9,160 570 62 711 71
Rhode Island 69 4.9 0 4.9 70 934 63 67 67 10
South Carolina 1,370 103 0 103 75 2,120 160 76 263 53
South Dakota 141 8.8 0 8.8 63 555 45 81 54 14
Tennessee 908 59 0 59 65 3,970 338 85 397 40
Texas 857 93 0 93 108 16,100 2,310 143 2,400 854
Utah 70 4.6 1.4 6.1 86 1,650 360 218 366 126
Vermont 230 17 0 17 72 333 27 80 43 6.5
Virginia 1,500 113 0 113 75 4,680 351 75 464 47
Washington 902 104 0 104 116 3,960 546 138 650 85
West Virginia 612 48 1.0 49 80 1,180 87 74 136 14
Wisconsin 1,490 90 0 90 61 3,410 179 52 269 54
Wyoming 114 8.1 .4 8.5 75 340 55 163 64 25
Puerto Rico 150 3.5 3.2 6.7 44 3,370 162 48 168 74
Virgin Islands 57 .2 1.4 1.6 28 44 1.0 23 2.6 .6
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Total 42,800 3,260 132 3,390 79 210,000 21,900 105 25,300 5,880