Table 16. Irrigation water use by State, 1990
[Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding]
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THOUSAND ACRE-FEET PER YEAR MILLION GALLONS PER DAY
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IRRIGATED LAND Consump-
BY TYPE, in Withdrawals, by source Consump- Withdrawals, by source tive
STATE thousand acres ---------------------- Reclaimed Convey- tive use, ------------------------- Convey- use,
-------------- Freshwater Total waste- ance fresh- Freshwater Total ance fresh
---------------- water losses water ---------------- losses water
Spray Flood Ground Surface Ground Surface
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Alabama 147 0.0 37 69 106 0.0 0.0 79 33 62 94 0.0 71
Alaska 1.4 0 .1 .5 .6 0 .1 .3 .1 .5 .6 .1 .3
Arizona 409 940 2,300 3,640 5,940 202 1,130 3,990 2,060 3,250 5,300 1,010 3,560
Arkansas 297 2,680 4,820 1,060 5,880 0 412 4,360 4,300 949 5,250 368 3,890
California 2,230 7,250 12,000 19,300 31,200 148 1,750 21,800 10,700 17,200 27,900 1,560 19,500
Colorado 897 2,660 2,870 10,100 13,000 4.2 3,350 5,560 2,560 9,000 11,600 2,990 4,960
Connecticut 28 0 9.2 7.3 17 0 0 17 8.2 6.5 15 0 15
Delaware 64 0 26 11 36 0 0 36 23 9.5 32 0 32
D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 1,020 1,130 2,180 2,000 4,180 190 72 2,780 1,940 1,780 3,730 64 2,480
Georgia 1,180 0 294 199 494 39 0 494 263 178 441 0 441
Hawaii 115 12 224 622 846 6.9 143 586 200 555 755 127 523
Idaho 1,540 1,870 7,420 13,500 20,900 0 8,020 6,810 6,620 12,100 18,700 7,160 6,070
Illinois 287 0 84 4.2 88 .1 0 79 75 3.7 78 0 70
Indiana 169 0 22 35 57 0 0 51 20 31 51 0 46
Iowa 74 0 24 1.6 25 0 0 25 21 1.4 23 0 23
Kansas 1,450 1,660 4,470 224 4,690 6.2 163 4,530 3,990 199 4,190 146 4,040
Kentucky 32 .7 .5 12 13 0 .5 12 .5 11 12 .5 11
Louisiana 193 496 506 287 793 0 101 693 451 256 708 90 618
Maine 5.1 0 .2 1.8 2.0 0 0 2.0 .2 1.6 1.8 0 1.8
Maryland 64 0 22 11 33 0 0 33 19 10 29 0 29
Massachusetts 6.4 12 0 112 112 0 0 112 0 100 100 0 100
Michigan 367 0 118 151 269 0 0 255 105 135 240 0 227
Minnesota 349 17 176 43 219 0 0 196 157 38 195 0 175
Mississippi 449 728 1,970 146 2,110 1.1 211 1,490 1,750 130 1,880 188 1,330
Missouri 228 323 376 40 416 0 0 301 335 36 371 0 269
Montana 597 1,340 101 9,990 10,100 0 5,180 2,170 90 8,910 9,000 4,620 1,940
Nebraska 3,000 3,860 4,880 1,950 6,840 0 2,420 4,410 4,360 1,740 6,100 2,160 3,930
Nevada 155 574 976 2,190 3,160 12 690 1,640 871 1,950 2,820 615 1,460
New Hampshire 2.9 .3 .1 .9 1.0 0 0 .9 .1 .8 .9 0 .8
New Jersey 100 3.4 25 40 65 0 0 47 22 36 58 0 42
New Mexico 421 564 1,540 1,840 3,380 0 661 1,990 1,370 1,640 3,010 590 1,780
New York 68 .5 32 29 61 0 0 55 28 26 54 0 49
North Carolina 184 .2 13 114 127 19 0 127 12 102 114 0 114
North Dakota 109 59 88 96 184 0 6.6 165 78 86 164 5.9 148
Ohio 66 0 5.2 12 17 0 .1 16 4.7 11 15 .1 14
Oklahoma 317 186 553 121 673 0 6.0 426 493 108 601 5.4 380
Oregon 1,070 965 631 7,060 7,690 12 1,430 3,350 563 6,300 6,860 1,270 2,990
Pennsylvania 30 0 4.0 12 16 0 0 16 3.5 11 14 0 14
Rhode Island 6.8 0 .3 2.0 2.4 0 0 2.4 .3 1.8 2.1 0 2.1
South Carolina 69 0 34 28 61 16 0 61 30 25 55 0 55
South Dakota 287 109 158 281 439 0 69 305 141 251 392 62 272
Tennessee 45 .5 17 26 43 .8 0 26 15 23 38 0 23
Texas 2,160 4,060 6,270 3,250 9,520 38 740 7,990 5,590 2,900 8,490 660 7,130
Utah 457 837 569 3,460 4,020 44 699 2,160 508 3,080 3,590 624 1,930
Vermont 1.8 .2 0 .5 .6 0 0 .5 0 .5 .5 0 .5
Virginia 90 0 8.9 31 40 0 4.0 26 7.9 28 36 3.6 23
Washington 1,510 472 845 5,920 6,760 0 1,120 2,930 754 5,280 6,030 997 2,610
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 227 0 168 2.0 170 0 0 170 150 1.8 151 0 151
Wyoming 211 1,730 266 7,760 8,020 0 2,410 2,910 237 6,920 7,160 2,150 2,590
Puerto Rico 21 14 60 97 157 0 19 102 54 87 140 17 91
Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total 22,800 34,600 57,200 95,900 153,000 740 30,800 85,400 51,000 85,500 137,000 27,500 76,200
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