Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990.
Total water withdrawals by water-use category/H2>
Table 4. Total water withdrawals by water-use category and State, 1990
[Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding. All values in million gallons per day]
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SUPPLY DOMESTIC CIAL IRRIGATION LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIAL MINING THERMOELECTRIC TOTAL
STATE ------ -------- ------ ---------- --------- -------------- ------------- -------------- -----------------
Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Saline Fresh Saline Fresh Saline Fresh Saline
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Alabama 707 28 3.5 94 141 784 0.0 11 9.1 6,310 0.0 8,080 9.1
Alaska 92 6.9 18 .6 .6 111 0 25 357 31 0 284 357
Arizona 707 32 18 5,300 89 163 0 156 .7 103 .4 6,570 1.2
Arkansas 309 51 222 5,250 189 177 0 2.5 0 1,640 0 7,840 0
California 5,830 318 234 27,900 411 129 25 20 310 246 11,400 35,100 11,700
Colorado 650 19 8.6 11,600 162 118 0 54 30 114 0 12,700 30
Connecticut 374 46 18 15 1.5 80 68 2.2 0 530 3,710 1,070 3,780
Delaware 85 11 1.8 32 2.4 65 6.0 0 0 831 333 1,030 339
D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 .5 0 .5 0 8.0 0 9.0 0
Florida 1,930 299 52 3,730 78 403 56 315 0 732 10,300 7,530 10,400
Georgia 963 100 42 441 46 657 33 12 0 3,030 33 5,290 65
Hawaii 238 9.9 40 755 7.2 43 .6 1.4 0 95 1,550 1,190 1,550
Idaho 201 48 16 18,700 560 196 0 8.4 0 6.1 0 19,700 0
Illinois 1,860 115 173 78 63 464 0 69 25 15,200 0 18,000 25
Indiana 604 118 63 51 46 2,480 0 97 0 5,960 0 9,430 0
Iowa 322 45 27 23 121 219 0 34 0 2,070 0 2,860 0
Kansas 373 25 6.2 4,190 114 53 0 26 0 1,300 0 6,080 0
Kentucky 427 56 13 12 33 313 0 18 0 3,440 0 4,320 0
Louisiana 619 50 13 708 551 2,360 67 37 0 4,950 0 9,290 67
Maine 106 49 34 1.8 1.7 254 0 3.7 0 82 609 532 609
Maryland 798 70 26 29 20 70 379 28 21 421 4,550 1,460 4,950
Massachusetts 714 37 74 100 1.7 87 0 5.0 0 1,010 3,490 2,030 3,490
Michigan 1,400 123 35 240 29 1,680 3.7 55 .9 8,060 0 11,600 4.6
Minnesota 515 168 71 195 67 154 0 220 0 1,880 0 3,270 0
Mississippi 320 33 16 1,880 411 269 0 3.4 0 386 316 3,320 316
Missouri 677 62 22 371 55 85 0 25 .1 4,580 1,060 5,870 1,060
Montana 135 16 0 9,000 52 57 0 6.2 13 33 0 9,300 13
Nebraska 301 47 .2 6,100 139 41 0 131 4.7 2,180 0 8,940 4.7
Nevada 385 9.8 23 2,820 5.6 10 0 49 12 34 0 3,340 12
New Hampshire 95 27 .6 .9 1.0 37 0 2.8 0 255 894 420 894
New Jersey 1,040 68 17 58 2.1 326 1,020 110 0 599 9,550 2,220 10,600
New Mexico 273 24 17 3,010 22 6.3 0 80 0 50 0 3,480 0
New York 2,910 120 61 54 26 274 0 45 16 6,990 8,470 10,500 8,490
North Carolina 805 103 17 114 201 390 5.5 96 0 7,210 0 8,940 5.5
North Dakota 76 12 .1 164 24 8.8 0 3.7 0 2,390 0 2,680 0
Ohio 1,300 134 36 15 34 354 0 243 0 9,550 0 11,700 0
Oklahoma 515 41 6.3 601 131 35 0 2.8 243 89 0 1,420 243
Oregon 470 64 711 6,860 21 284 0 1.5 0 15 0 8,430 0
Pennsylvania 1,730 141 24 14 53 1,870 0 252 0 5,750 0 9,830 0
Rhode Island 102 4.9 5.6 2.1 .3 12 0 6.8 0 0 393 133 393
South Carolina 352 103 2.1 55 25 632 0 12 0 4,820 0 6,000 0
South Dakota 76 8.8 17 392 43 15 0 38 0 3.2 0 592 0
Tennessee 695 59 55 38 49 882 0 90 0 7,320 0 9,190 0
Texas 3,090 93 62 8,490 228 884 1,460 139 491 7,130 3,150 20,100 5,100
Utah 508 6.1 4.2 3,590 34 106 2.3 41 98 87 0 4,380 100
Vermont 39 17 3.8 .5 6.1 44 0 3.7 0 519 0 632 0
Virginia 709 113 35 36 29 495 66 91 0 3,210 2,080 4,710 2,150
Washington 875 104 27 6,030 30 501 36 3.0 0 334 0 7,910 36
West Virginia 160 49 3.1 0 4.8 132 0 527 0 3,710 0 4,580 0
Wisconsin 595 90 11 151 99 468 0 .2 0 5,100 0 6,510 0
Wyoming 88 8.5 1.6 7,160 27 16 0 101 19 184 0 7,580 19
Puerto Rico 404 6.7 .1 140 8.3 11 0 2.6 0 2.6 2,470 576 2,470
Virgin Islands 6.4 1.6 .7 0 .5 .1 51 0 0 0 103 9.3 154
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Total 38,500 3,390 2,390 137,000 4,500 19,300 3,270 3,310 1,650 131,000 64,500 339,000 69,400
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