SUMMARY BY STATE OF FRESHWATER WITHDRAWALS, 1985
(Withdrawals might not add to totals because of independent rounding.
Withdrawals in million liters per day.)
| State | Total
withdrawals |
Rank
nationwide | Surface-water
withdrawals |
Ground-water
withdrawals |
|---|
| Alabama | 32,500 | 14 | 31,200 | 1,290 |
| Alaska | 1,540 | 48 | 1,260 | 273 |
| Arizona | 24,300 | 21 | 12,600 | 11,700 |
| Arkansas | 22,400 | 26 | 7,950 | 14,400 |
| California | 142,000 | 1 | 85,600 | 56,000 |
| Colorado | 51,100 | 6 | 42,400 | 8,740 |
| Connecticut | 4,540 | 42 | 4,010 | 545 |
| Delaware | 526 | 50 | 227 | 299 |
| Florida | 23,800 | 22 | 8,440 | 15,300 |
| Georgia | 20,300 | 29 | 16,500 | 3,790 |
| Hawaii | 4,810 | 41 | 2,320 | 2,480 |
| Idaho | 84,400 | 2 | 66,200 | 18,200 |
| Illinois | 54,500 | 4 | 51,100 | 3,520 |
| Indiana | 35,400 | 11 | 33,000 | 2,400 |
| Iowa | 10,400 | 36 | 7,910 | 2,540 |
| Kansas | 21,500 | 27 | 3,280 | 18,200 |
| Kentucky | 15,900 | 31 | 15,100 | 776 |
| Louisiana | 37,500 | 10 | 32,100 | 5,410 |
| Maine | 3,210 | 44 | 2,960 | 250 |
| Massachusetts | 23,700 | 23 | 22,500 | 1,190 |
| Michigan | 43,200 | 8 | 40,900 | 2,260 |
| Minnesota | 10,800 | 35 | 8,140 | 2,590 |
| Mississippi | 8,780 | 37 | 2,790 | 5,980 |
| Missouri | 23,100 | 25 | 20,700 | 2,420 |
| Montana | 32,700 | 13 | 32,000 | 768 |
| Nebraska | 37,900 | 9 | 16,800 | 21,200 |
| Nevada | 14,200 | 33 | 10,700 | 3,430 |
| New Hampshire | 2,600 | 45 | 2,280 | 318 |
| New Jersey | 8,440 | 38 | 6,170 | 2,270 |
| New Mexico | 12,500 | 34 | 6,740 | 5,720 |
| New York | 34,300 | 12 | 30,100 | 4,160 |
| North Carolina | 29,800 | 16 | 28,200 | 1,650 |
| North Dakota | 4,430 | 43 | 3,940 | 481 |
| Ohio | 48,100 | 7 | 45,400 | 2,760 |
| Oklahoma | 4,840 | 40 | 2,680 | 2,150 |
| Oregon | 24,800 | 20 | 22,300 | 2,500 |
| Pennsylvania | 54,100 | 5 | 51,100 | 3,020 |
| Puerto Rico | 2,260 | 47 | 1,600 | 662 |
| Rhode Island | 556 | 49 | 454 | 102 |
| South Carolina | 25,800 | 18 | 25,000 | 810 |
| South Dakota | 2,550 | 46 | 1,610 | 943 |
| Tennessee | 32,000 | 15 | 30,300 | 1,680 |
| Texas | 76,100 | 3 | 48,800 | 27,200 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 27 | 52 | 22 | 5 |
| Utah | 15,800 | 32 | 12,800 | 2,990 |
| Vermont | 477 | 51 | 337 | 140 |
| Virginia | 18,400 | 30 | 17,100 | 1,290 |
| Washington | 26,500 | 17 | 21,900 | 4,620 |
| West Virginia | 20,600 | 28 | 19,700 | 859 |
| Wisconsin | 25,500 | 19 | 23,400 | 2,160 |
| Wyoming | 23,500 | 24 | 21,600 | 1,910 |
| Total | 1,280,000 | | 1,000,000 | 277,000 |
Source: National Water Summary 1987, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper 2350. |
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