Table 1. Total offstream water 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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WITHDRAWALS, in Mgal/d
PER (includes irrigation conveyance losses)
CAPITA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECLAIMED CONVEY- CONSUMP-
POPULATION, USE, By source and type WASTE- ANCE TIVE USE,
REGION in thou- fresh- ------------------------------------------------ Total WATER, LOSSES, fresh-
sands water, Ground water Surface water in in water,
in gal/d -------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ Mgal/d Mgal/d in Mgal/d
Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total Fresh Saline Total
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New England 12,797 370 694 0.0 694 4,040 9,160 13,200 4,730 9,160 13,900 0.0 0.0 409
Mid Atlantic 41,541 508 2,640 1.2 2,640 18,500 26,500 44,900 21,100 26,500 47,600 63 2.5 1,260
South Atlantic-Gulf 34,732 962 7,110 9.1 7,120 26,300 10,800 37,100 33,400 10,800 44,200 236 68 5,140
Great Lakes 21,405 1,510 1,210 4.9 1,220 31,200 6.5 31,200 32,400 11 32,400 0 0 1,640
Ohio 21,882 1,390 2,650 22 2,670 27,800 .6 27,800 30,400 22 30,500 .3 .5 2,110
Tennessee 3,911 2,350 305 0 305 8,900 0 8,900 9,200 0 9,200 .4 0 321
Upper Mississippi 21,270 977 2,620 4.2 2,630 18,200 0 18,200 20,800 4.2 20,800 0 .1 1,960
Lower Mississippi 7,167 2,510 8,340 . 8,340 9,630 1,120 10,800 18,000 1,120 19,100 .7 600 6,970
Souris-Red-Rainy 672 439 130 0 130 166 0 166 295 0 295 0 1.1 144
Missouri Basin 10,048 3,730 8,490 37 8,530 29,000 0 29,000 37,500 37 37,500 3.0 9,010 12,100
Arkansas-White-Red 8,250 1,870 7,420 291 7,710 7,990 0 7,990 15,400 291 15,700 11 794 7,870
Texas-Gulf 15,239 886 5,480 400 5,880 8,020 4,610 12,600 13,500 5,010 18,500 50 342 5,910
Rio Grande 2,229 2,690 2,140 39 2,180 3,850 0 3,850 6,000 39 6,030 1.1 1,070 3,460
Upper Colorado 625 11,300 127 28 155 6,950 0 6,950 7,080 28 7,110 .4 1,600 2,480
Lower Colorado 4,747 1,630 3,080 .6 3,080 4,670 .6 4,670 7,750 1.2 7,750 185 1,080 5,000
Great Basin 2,182 3,300 1,970 19 1,990 5,230 93 5,320 7,200 112 7,310 51 1,360 3,440
Pacific Northwest 8,912 4,070 9,780 0 9,780 26,500 36 26,500 36,300 36 36,300 12 9,670 12,100
California 29,442 1,200 14,400 310 14,700 21,000 11,400 32,400 35,400 11,700 47,200 128 1,750 20,800
Alaska 550 517 64 48 112 221 308 529 284 357 641 0 .1 26
Hawaii 1,108 1,070 589 .6 590 600 1,550 2,150 1,190 1,550 2,740 6.2 127 627
Caribbean 3,624 161 159 1.2 160 426 2,620 3,040 585 2,620 3,200 0 17 200
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Total 252,336 1,340 79,400 1,220 80,600 259,000 68,200 327,000 339,000 69,400 408,000 750 27,500 94,000
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