Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990.
Public-Supply Freshwater Use
Table 9. Public-supply 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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POPULATION SERVED, WATER WITHDRAWALS, WATER DELIVERIES, BY
in thousands in Mgal/d TYPE OF USE, in Mgal/d
------------------------ ---------------------- PER ------------------------------- PUBLIC
REGION Source Source CAPITA USE AND
---------------- --------------- USE, Thermo- LOSSES1
Ground Surface Total Ground Surface Total in Commer- Indus- electric
water water water water gal/d Domestic cial trial power
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New England 3,170 7,400 10,600 328 1,070 1,400 133 713 172 219 6.6 291
Mid Atlantic 10,700 24,400 35,100 1,400 4,580 5,980 171 3,270 937 672 1.1 1,100
South Atlantic-Gulf 15,600 12,100 27,700 2,510 2,340 4,850 175 2,790 746 855 6.1 458
Great Lakes 3,110 14,500 17,600 460 3,880 4,340 247 1,400 637 852 .1 1,450
Ohio 5,960 10,500 16,500 774 1,750 2,530 153 1,050 411 615 .9 450
Tennessee 757 2,270 3,030 109 402 511 169 252 111 94 0 55
Upper Mississippi 8,060 8,870 16,900 1,160 724 1,890 112 1,530 607 467 5.8 -716
Lower Mississippi 4,300 1,640 5,940 701 334 1,040 174 698 150 70 .7 117
Souris-Red-Rainy 239 222 461 34 37 72 156 45 11 3.4 0 12
Missouri Basin 3,430 4,920 8,350 612 1,010 1,620 194 925 270 112 7.0 307
Arkansas-White-Red 2,430 4,430 6,870 364 1,040 1,400 204 705 241 257 26 174
Texas-Gulf 6,310 8,230 14,500 1,050 1,470 2,520 173 2,060 113 143 7.1 197
Rio Grande 1,560 361 1,920 370 163 533 278 282 64 19 0 169
Upper Colorado 128 361 488 32 86 118 242 83 19 4.4 0 13
Lower Colorado 2,500 1,880 4,380 513 552 1,070 243 722 191 80 .8 72
Great Basin 1,120 918 2,040 354 256 610 300 432 89 21 0 68
Pacific Northwest 3,220 3,860 7,080 727 850 1,580 223 960 202 175 0 239
California 13,500 11,800 25,200 3,210 2,530 5,750 228 3,690 780 495 13 773
Alaska 126 250 376 34 58 92 245 30 33 18 1.0 11
Hawaii 1,030 23 1,060 221 17 238 225 126 62 7.5 .4 42
Caribbean 807 2,610 3,420 81 330 411 120 163 57 12 3.3 176
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Total 88,000 122,000 210,000 15,100 23,500 38,500 184 21,900 5,900 5,190 80 5,460
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Includes transfers from adjacent areas.
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