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Water Use in Georgia
Freshwater use, by category, 2000

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Water use for Georgia counties, 2000

Total freshwater use, 2000

Freshwater use for Georgia, by county, for year 2000
[Data are in million gallons per day (Mgal/d)]
CountyPublic supplyCommercialDomesticIndustrialThermoelectricMiningLivestockAquacultureIrrigationTotal
Appling1.050.000.820.0057.820.000.160.003.8563.70
Atkinson0.420.000.260.160.000.000.130.005.586.55
Bacon0.490.000.470.280.000.000.110.004.505.85
Baker0.250.000.240.000.000.000.090.0041.2741.85
Baldwin6.751.170.361.120.000.000.060.000.489.94
Banks0.530.240.830.000.000.000.590.000.152.34
Barrow5.230.001.610.000.000.000.200.000.507.54
Bartow17.060.001.087.1338.260.000.220.002.2866.03
Ben Hill4.210.000.550.000.000.000.050.006.4211.23
Berrien0.800.000.600.180.000.000.130.0013.5515.26
Bibb33.440.000.4114.66103.900.000.050.132.12154.71
Bleckley0.930.040.520.000.000.000.050.0014.6316.17
Brantley0.390.000.950.000.000.000.160.000.251.75
Brooks1.600.000.650.000.000.000.250.003.886.38
Bryan1.560.000.630.000.000.000.010.000.642.84
Bulloch3.410.391.240.940.000.000.150.009.7415.87
Burke4.120.000.900.1564.110.000.140.0028.6598.07
Butts3.230.000.300.000.000.000.050.000.243.82
Calhoun1.050.000.090.000.000.000.050.0033.3434.53
Camden3.751.370.9935.840.000.000.010.001.1743.13
Candler0.660.000.400.000.000.000.060.005.256.37
Carroll8.690.002.640.100.000.000.320.000.3512.10
Catoosa7.650.001.720.000.000.000.120.001.1810.67
Charlton0.710.000.550.000.000.000.070.000.151.48
Chatham33.451.312.2370.3698.240.000.030.009.39215.01
Chattahoochee9.506.610.010.000.000.000.000.000.1516.27
Chattooga4.220.000.436.690.000.000.120.000.0811.54
Cherokee15.250.002.101.700.000.000.160.001.1820.39
Clarke18.510.000.220.000.000.000.090.000.5919.41
Clay0.230.000.160.040.000.000.030.005.395.85
Clayton25.611.270.000.000.000.000.040.000.8827.80
Clinch0.520.000.250.000.000.000.020.001.071.86
Cobb96.780.000.960.95366.240.000.040.001.81466.78
Coffee5.440.001.360.000.000.000.350.0014.1121.26
Colquitt4.450.001.580.530.000.000.240.0039.1145.91
Columbia12.570.000.680.170.000.000.040.003.8117.27
Cook2.150.000.510.000.000.000.060.009.3212.04
Coweta10.010.103.380.00545.000.000.060.001.92560.47
Crawford0.230.000.820.000.000.000.031.823.166.06
Crisp1.250.000.420.120.000.000.070.0015.5517.41
Dade1.700.000.000.000.000.000.090.000.852.64
Dawson1.120.000.620.080.000.000.110.000.372.30
Decatur2.650.271.111.160.000.000.140.0057.6062.93
DeKalb86.720.003.130.000.000.000.050.001.7791.67
Dodge1.360.120.770.000.000.000.120.0013.6416.01
Dooly1.870.000.350.000.000.000.070.0024.1426.43
Dougherty19.080.580.0015.98164.420.000.050.0022.62222.73
Douglas9.540.000.700.000.000.000.040.001.8612.14
Early0.470.000.46108.660.000.000.100.0047.39157.08
Echols0.060.000.240.000.000.000.010.006.286.59
Effingham33.000.000.9619.4095.260.000.040.000.64149.30
Elbert1.730.000.700.000.000.000.140.000.643.21
Emanuel1.620.000.710.000.000.000.120.003.415.86
Evans0.590.000.101.500.000.000.100.002.084.37
Fannin1.320.000.620.000.000.000.090.000.092.12
Fayette13.860.051.100.000.000.000.050.002.1817.24
Floyd13.810.240.5527.91536.830.000.190.006.60586.13
Forsyth16.260.002.170.070.000.000.230.000.2418.97
Franklin2.270.000.670.000.000.000.450.000.413.80
Fulton164.601.181.100.570.000.000.070.004.41171.93
Gilmer5.100.000.431.040.000.000.230.000.156.95
Glascock0.120.000.120.000.000.020.050.000.050.36
Glynn12.421.000.6546.470.000.000.010.002.2762.82
Gordon13.460.000.501.160.000.000.320.001.0316.47
Grady1.980.000.830.000.000.000.180.0016.6419.63
Greene1.640.000.280.920.000.000.140.0010.2913.27
Gwinnett90.360.080.000.000.000.000.090.003.0993.62
Habersham5.760.011.090.000.000.000.360.000.377.59
Hall18.660.114.640.770.000.000.540.000.5925.31
Hancock0.790.000.310.000.000.000.040.000.011.15
Haralson2.450.000.150.000.000.000.110.001.023.73
Harris2.490.280.861.920.000.000.050.001.186.78
Hart1.930.001.120.000.000.000.250.001.084.38
Heard1.660.000.310.0071.040.000.100.000.4273.53
Henry12.610.080.540.000.000.000.090.000.2713.59
Houston20.772.960.900.080.000.000.090.006.0930.89
Irwin0.760.000.450.000.000.000.100.0011.4212.73
Jackson3.240.001.380.550.000.000.590.001.327.08
Jasper0.930.000.430.710.000.000.240.000.612.92
Jeff Davis0.830.000.480.350.000.000.050.004.806.51
Jefferson1.840.000.646.920.000.000.120.0017.5127.03
Jenkins0.540.000.330.010.000.000.120.005.856.85
Johnson0.260.000.420.000.000.000.060.002.273.01
Jones1.490.000.850.010.000.000.080.000.252.68
Lamar3.520.000.720.000.000.000.091.081.296.70
Lanier0.560.000.330.000.000.000.030.001.822.74
Laurens4.390.001.5216.280.000.000.150.009.9832.32
Lee0.780.001.270.000.000.000.110.0032.6034.76
Liberty6.282.350.867.650.000.000.010.000.1817.33
Lincoln0.670.000.310.000.000.000.060.000.151.19
Long0.270.000.480.000.000.000.020.000.200.97
Lowndes9.300.462.0010.430.000.000.090.0011.1333.41
Lumpkin1.110.051.180.000.001.230.200.000.153.92
McDuffie2.630.000.650.000.000.000.090.002.095.46
McIntosh0.870.020.150.000.000.000.000.000.161.20
Macon0.760.000.4811.620.000.000.200.0018.5031.56
Madison0.420.001.520.170.000.000.390.000.523.02
Marion1.750.000.360.000.000.000.100.001.313.52
Meriwether1.970.000.820.000.000.000.131.611.465.99
Miller0.300.000.300.000.000.000.120.0033.2934.01
Mitchell2.610.000.820.000.000.000.340.0073.9277.69
Monroe1.680.101.140.00118.410.000.094.180.27125.87
Montgomery0.480.000.210.000.000.000.050.001.912.65
Morgan1.540.000.620.000.000.000.300.000.192.65
Murray2.320.331.550.000.000.000.130.000.935.26
Muscogee41.080.000.001.950.000.000.010.002.5845.62
Newton12.170.000.080.060.000.000.110.000.3712.79
Oconee1.950.000.790.000.000.000.280.000.113.13
Oglethorpe0.190.000.750.000.000.000.690.000.181.81
Paulding2.830.001.320.000.000.000.040.000.134.32
Peach2.350.000.650.000.000.000.030.0010.2213.25
Pickens2.310.410.450.000.000.000.090.000.373.63
Pierce0.690.000.800.000.000.000.110.006.678.27
Pike0.730.150.810.000.000.000.110.200.292.29
Polk5.650.000.342.110.000.000.120.000.558.77
Pulaski1.150.000.350.760.000.000.040.0014.6316.93
Putnam1.290.000.560.01984.310.000.160.002.07988.40
Quitman0.200.000.020.000.000.000.010.000.120.35
Rabun1.370.180.321.640.000.000.040.000.804.35
Randolph1.060.000.220.200.000.000.050.007.649.17
Richmond43.583.050.0273.980.000.000.060.007.88128.57
Rockdale2.000.000.050.000.000.000.020.000.312.38
Schley0.300.000.120.000.000.000.070.000.370.86
Screven1.150.000.741.820.000.000.140.0021.6025.45
Seminole0.650.000.400.000.000.000.110.0069.4270.58
Spalding9.270.000.830.000.000.000.060.001.0811.24
Stephens3.490.000.120.000.000.000.100.000.083.79
Stewart0.770.000.120.000.000.000.020.002.293.20
Sumter3.710.000.980.000.000.000.140.0037.5542.38
Talbot0.200.000.120.000.000.000.042.280.002.64
Taliaferro0.060.000.120.000.000.000.050.000.000.23
Tattnall1.181.170.970.000.000.000.280.005.989.58
Taylor0.780.000.320.000.000.000.090.108.159.44
Telfair1.880.000.190.000.000.000.050.004.036.15
Terrell1.310.000.250.000.000.000.030.0020.4622.05
Thomas7.130.000.800.380.000.000.100.0012.3020.71
Tift6.580.130.780.000.000.000.110.0020.4128.01
Toombs2.660.000.420.000.000.000.130.0011.1314.34
Towns0.950.000.050.000.000.000.040.000.151.19
Treutlen0.450.000.290.000.000.000.030.000.831.60
Troup10.770.000.620.020.000.000.150.001.5513.11
Turner0.710.000.240.000.000.000.130.0015.6516.73
Twiggs0.330.000.6116.860.000.750.030.001.0819.66
Union0.610.000.450.000.000.000.140.000.301.50
Upson3.380.000.211.970.000.000.104.020.6110.29
Walker10.870.000.222.170.000.000.220.001.0314.51
Walton4.760.001.980.000.000.000.140.002.179.05
Ware3.850.800.410.810.000.000.090.004.6710.63
Warren0.510.000.221.510.000.020.080.000.162.50
Washington4.190.000.7513.470.000.740.110.006.8126.07
Wayne1.910.001.0959.520.000.000.070.001.9664.55
Webster0.100.000.100.000.000.000.020.003.683.90
Wheeler0.270.000.300.000.000.000.040.004.344.95
White2.050.001.000.000.000.820.250.000.304.42
Whitfield63.980.000.170.000.000.000.160.001.3965.70
Wilcox0.620.000.320.000.000.000.130.0022.0023.07
Wilkes2.040.000.270.000.000.000.210.000.042.56
Wilkinson2.350.000.1519.510.006.220.030.000.0328.29
Worth1.460.000.920.001.750.000.150.0038.1542.43
Total1,245.9628.66110.16622.263,245.599.8019.3915.421,142.216439.45

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