Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990.
Total Water Use
Table 7. Ground-water withdrawals by water-use category and water-resources region, 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
REGION ------ -------- ------- ---------- --------- -------------- ------------- -------------- ---------------
Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Fresh Saline Fresh Saline Fresh Fresh Saline
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New England 328 169 82 8.8 5.4 96 0.0 1.3 0.0 2.9 694 0.0
Mid Atlantic 1,400 396 94 102 71 361 .2 210 1.0 4.6 2,640 1.2
South Atlantic-Gulf 2,510 659 120 2,300 198 896 0 384 9.1 41 7,110 9.1
Great Lakes 460 282 27 132 51 235 3.7 22 1.2 3.2 1,210 4.9
Ohio 774 352 58 28 54 532 0 784 22 65 2,650 22
Tennessee 109 56 56 3.8 32 23 0 25 0 0 305 0
Upper Mississippi 1,160 371 134 354 217 349 0 11 4.2 21 2,620 4.2
Lower Mississippi 701 90 20 6,230 710 501 .6 7.9 0 75 8,340 .6
Souris-Red-Rainy 34 22 .1 56 16 1.3 0 .2 0 0 130 0
Missouri Basin 612 138 33 7,200 242 114 0 96 37 50 8,490 37
Arkansas-White-Red 364 118 27 6,600 158 67 0 49 291 31 7,420 291
Texas-Gulf 1,050 79 47 3,970 54 141 1.1 84 399 46 5,480 400
Rio Grande 370 23 19 1,620 20 11 0 65 39 16 2,140 39
Upper Colorado 32 9.9 5.6 32 5.3 2.9 0 39 28 0 127 28
Lower Colorado 513 37 23 2,240 30 49 0 139 .6 47 3,080 .6
Great Basin 354 13 7.0 1,410 27 77 2.3 77 17 7.2 1,970 19
Pacific Northwest 727 212 49 7,850 591 336 0 5.0 0 10 9,780 0
California 3,210 210 58 10,600 201 126 0 15 310 4.6 14,400 310
Alaska 34 6.2 8.7 .1 .1 5.2 0 4.3 48 4.7 64 48
Hawaii 221 8.5 39 200 3.4 20 .6 1.4 0 95 589 .6
Caribbean 81 3.7 .4 54 5.2 11 1.2 1.9 0 2.6 159 1.2
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Total 15,100 3,260 908 51,000 2,690 3,950 9.7 2,020 1,210 525 79,400 1,220
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