U.S. Geological Survey

Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990.
Livestock Water Use

                             Table 17.  Livestock freshwater use by water-resources region, 1990
            [Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding.  All values in million gallons per day]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 LIVESTOCK                       ANIMAL SPECIALTIES                   TOTAL LIVESTOCK
                      --------------------------------   ---------------------------------    ----------------------------------
                           Withdrawals                         Withdrawals                         Withdrawals


   REGION             ----------------------             -----------------------              ------------------------
                      Ground  Surface  Total  Consump-   Ground   Surface  Total   Consump-   Ground   Surface   Total  Consump-
                       water   water          tive use    water    water           tive use    water    water           tive use
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New England              4.9     2.5     7.5      6.8        .4       .2       .6       .6        5.4      2.8      8.1      7.4
Mid Atlantic            66      25      90       78         5.4      3.9      9.4      1.5       71       29      100       79
South Atlantic-Gulf    123      73     196      196        75       79      154       61        198      152      350      257
Great Lakes             49      23      72       62         2.1     18       20        2.4       51       41       92       64
Ohio                    51      74     125      111         2.6      4.8      7.4      4.6       54       79      132      116

Tennessee               18      15      33       33        14      154      168       23         32      169      201       56
Upper Mississippi      193      43     236      217        23        9.0     32       17        217       52      269      233
Lower Mississippi       13      15      28       28       697      342    1,040      890        710      358    1,070      918
Souris-Red-Rainy        16       4.9    21       21          .1      0         .1       .1       16        4.9     21       21
Missouri Basin         229     155     384      380        13       18       31        5.9      242      172      415      386

Arkansas-White-Red     147     191     337      336        12        9.7     21       14        158      200      359      350
Texas-Gulf              54     102     156      155         0        0        0        0         54      102      156      155
Rio Grande              20      11      31       25         0        1.9      1.9      0         20       13       33       25
Upper Colorado           5.3   105     110       12         0        7.4      7.4       .1        5.3    112      117       12
Lower Colorado          28      11      38       31         2.8     57       60         .2       30       68       98       31
 
Great Basin             27       9.1    36        7.9        .2       .7       .9       .3       27        9.9     37        8.1
Pacific Northwest       73      28     101       59       518         .9    519        1.4      591       29      620       60
California             101     130     232      217       100       74      173       31        201      204      405      249
Alaska                    .1      .5      .6       .6       0        0        0        0           .1       .5       .6       .6
Hawaii                   2.1     3.4     5.4      5.4       1.4       .4      1.8      0          3.4      3.8    7.2        5.4
Caribbean                5.1     3.7     8.8      8.7        .1      0         .1       .1        5.2      3.7    8.9        8.9
                   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                1,220   1,020   2,250    1,990     1,470      781    2,250    1,050      2,690    1,800  4,500      3,040
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------