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Fresh ground-water use, 2000

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Water use for Georgia counties, 2000

Total fresh ground-water use, 2000

Fresh ground-water use for Georgia, by county, for year 2000
[Data are in million gallons per day (Mgal/d)]
CountyPublic supplyCommercialDomesticIndustrialThermoelectricMiningLivestockAquacultureIrrigationTotal
Appling1.050.000.820.000.170.000.030.002.564.63
Atkinson0.420.000.260.160.000.000.020.002.323.18
Bacon0.490.000.470.280.000.000.010.003.314.56
Baker0.250.000.240.000.000.000.000.0038.3138.80
Baldwin0.030.000.360.020.000.000.000.000.240.65
Banks0.040.000.830.000.000.000.000.000.000.87
Barrow0.110.001.610.000.000.000.000.000.292.01
Bartow3.020.001.082.320.000.000.010.000.006.43
Ben Hill4.210.000.550.000.000.000.010.003.668.43
Berrien0.800.000.600.180.000.000.020.006.918.51
Bibb0.190.000.412.940.000.000.010.062.065.67
Bleckley0.930.040.520.000.000.000.010.006.878.37
Brantley0.390.000.950.000.000.000.010.000.171.52
Brooks1.600.000.650.000.000.000.050.002.694.99
Bryan1.560.000.630.000.000.000.000.000.642.83
Bulloch3.410.391.240.940.000.000.020.006.9812.98
Burke3.870.000.900.150.780.000.030.0021.5227.25
Butts0.180.000.300.000.000.000.000.000.000.48
Calhoun1.050.000.090.000.000.000.010.0021.6422.79
Camden3.751.370.9935.840.000.000.000.001.1743.12
Candler0.660.000.400.000.000.000.010.002.373.44
Carroll0.550.002.640.000.000.000.010.000.003.20
Catoosa7.000.001.720.000.000.000.010.000.309.03
Charlton0.710.000.550.000.000.000.010.000.111.38
Chatham33.451.312.2327.060.000.000.010.008.1572.21
Chattahoochee0.340.000.010.000.000.000.000.000.150.50
Chattooga1.500.000.434.480.000.000.010.000.006.42
Cherokee0.330.002.100.000.000.000.010.000.002.44
Clarke0.190.000.220.000.000.000.000.000.000.41
Clay0.230.000.160.040.000.000.010.001.051.49
Clayton0.011.270.000.000.000.000.010.000.001.29
Clinch0.520.000.250.000.000.000.000.000.731.50
Cobb0.200.000.960.000.000.000.010.000.001.17
Coffee5.440.001.360.000.000.000.040.005.9212.76
Colquitt4.450.001.580.530.000.000.050.0011.5118.12
Columbia0.940.000.680.170.000.000.000.000.702.49
Cook2.150.000.510.000.000.000.010.005.338.00
Coweta1.930.103.380.000.000.000.000.000.045.45
Crawford0.230.000.820.000.000.000.000.912.594.55
Crisp1.250.000.420.120.000.000.020.0013.3315.14
Dade0.000.000.000.000.000.000.010.000.470.48
Dawson0.000.000.620.000.000.000.000.000.000.62
Decatur2.650.271.110.650.000.000.090.0050.6555.42
DeKalb0.000.003.130.000.000.000.010.000.003.14
Dodge1.360.120.770.000.000.000.020.001.974.24
Dooly1.870.000.350.000.000.000.010.0022.6424.87
Dougherty19.080.580.0015.980.000.000.030.0020.3155.98
Douglas0.090.000.700.000.000.000.010.000.000.80
Early0.470.000.460.360.000.000.020.0037.5438.85
Echols0.060.000.240.000.000.000.000.005.766.06
Effingham1.910.000.962.130.060.000.010.000.225.29
Elbert0.090.000.700.000.000.000.010.000.070.87
Emanuel1.620.000.710.000.000.000.030.002.514.87
Evans0.590.000.101.500.000.000.010.001.033.23
Fannin0.100.000.620.000.000.000.000.000.020.74
Fayette1.030.051.100.000.000.000.000.000.692.87
Floyd0.300.000.550.000.000.000.010.002.553.41
Forsyth0.230.002.170.000.000.000.000.000.002.40
Franklin0.630.000.670.000.000.000.000.000.001.30
Fulton0.000.431.100.080.000.000.010.000.001.62
Gilmer0.410.000.431.040.000.000.000.000.001.88
Glascock0.120.000.120.000.000.020.010.000.000.27
Glynn12.421.000.6546.470.000.000.000.002.2762.81
Gordon1.390.000.500.500.000.000.010.000.002.40
Grady1.980.000.830.000.000.000.030.006.379.21
Greene0.410.000.280.000.000.000.000.000.000.69
Gwinnett0.390.080.000.000.000.000.010.000.000.48
Habersham0.680.011.090.000.000.000.010.000.001.79
Hall0.400.004.640.670.000.000.000.000.005.71
Hancock0.070.000.310.000.000.000.000.000.000.38
Haralson0.010.000.150.000.000.000.010.000.290.46
Harris0.240.280.860.000.000.000.000.000.001.38
Hart0.180.001.120.000.000.000.000.000.001.30
Heard0.200.000.310.000.000.000.000.000.140.65
Henry0.180.080.540.000.000.000.010.000.000.81
Houston20.772.960.900.080.000.000.020.005.0629.79
Irwin0.760.000.450.000.000.000.020.006.387.61
Jackson0.440.001.380.550.000.000.000.000.192.56
Jasper0.390.000.430.540.000.000.000.000.001.36
Jeff Davis0.830.000.480.350.000.000.010.002.804.47
Jefferson1.840.000.643.820.000.000.030.006.9213.25
Jenkins0.540.000.330.010.000.000.020.003.944.84
Johnson0.260.000.420.000.000.000.010.001.612.30
Jones1.490.000.850.000.000.000.000.000.032.37
Lamar0.020.000.720.000.000.000.000.540.231.51
Lanier0.560.000.330.000.000.000.010.001.402.30
Laurens1.260.001.520.940.000.000.030.007.0010.75
Lee0.780.001.270.000.000.000.000.0031.0633.11
Liberty6.282.350.867.650.000.000.000.000.0917.23
Lincoln0.310.000.310.000.000.000.000.000.000.62
Long0.270.000.480.000.000.000.000.000.090.84
Lowndes9.300.462.0010.430.000.000.020.008.1430.35
Lumpkin0.250.001.180.000.000.000.000.000.031.46
McDuffie0.080.000.650.000.000.000.000.000.501.23
McIntosh0.870.020.150.000.000.000.000.000.011.05
Macon0.760.000.481.040.000.000.040.0013.9316.25
Madison0.420.001.520.050.000.000.000.000.072.06
Marion1.750.000.360.000.000.000.010.000.362.48
Meriwether0.680.000.820.000.000.000.000.800.352.65
Miller0.300.000.300.000.000.000.000.0030.4031.00
Mitchell2.610.000.820.000.000.000.000.0058.0861.51
Monroe0.140.101.140.000.020.000.002.090.003.49
Montgomery0.480.000.210.000.000.000.010.001.111.81
Morgan0.220.000.620.000.000.000.000.000.040.88
Murray0.590.001.550.000.000.000.010.000.002.15
Muscogee0.080.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.08
Newton1.280.000.080.060.000.000.010.000.001.43
Oconee1.810.000.790.000.000.000.000.000.002.60
Oglethorpe0.080.000.750.000.000.000.000.000.090.92
Paulding0.130.001.320.000.000.000.000.000.021.47
Peach2.350.000.650.000.000.000.010.009.3312.34
Pickens0.720.170.450.000.000.000.000.000.091.43
Pierce0.690.000.800.000.000.000.020.006.017.52
Pike0.330.150.810.000.000.000.000.100.001.39
Polk1.880.000.341.940.000.000.010.000.034.20
Pulaski1.150.000.350.760.000.000.010.0011.6213.89
Putnam0.360.000.560.010.000.000.000.000.321.25
Quitman0.200.000.020.000.000.000.000.000.000.22
Rabun0.360.120.320.010.000.000.000.000.000.81
Randolph1.060.000.220.200.000.000.010.003.575.06
Richmond14.880.210.022.870.000.000.020.006.4724.47
Rockdale0.340.000.050.000.000.000.000.000.000.39
Schley0.300.000.120.000.000.000.010.000.090.52
Screven1.150.000.741.820.000.000.030.0015.6919.43
Seminole0.650.000.400.000.000.000.090.0062.6563.79
Spalding0.090.000.830.000.000.000.000.000.000.92
Stephens0.280.000.120.000.000.000.000.000.000.40
Stewart0.770.000.120.000.000.000.000.000.000.89
Sumter3.710.000.980.000.000.000.030.0019.6824.40
Talbot0.200.000.120.000.000.000.001.140.001.46
Taliaferro0.060.000.120.000.000.000.000.000.000.18
Tattnall1.181.170.970.000.000.000.030.003.416.76
Taylor0.780.000.320.000.000.000.010.054.775.93
Telfair1.880.000.190.000.000.000.010.002.804.88
Terrell1.310.000.250.000.000.000.010.009.5811.15
Thomas7.130.000.800.380.000.000.020.009.1517.48
Tift6.580.130.780.000.000.000.020.009.9217.43
Toombs2.660.000.420.000.000.000.030.004.157.26
Towns0.140.000.050.000.000.000.000.000.000.19
Treutlen0.450.000.290.000.000.000.010.000.501.25
Troup0.030.000.620.020.000.000.000.000.000.67
Turner0.710.000.240.000.000.000.030.006.077.05
Twiggs0.330.000.6116.860.000.750.010.000.7819.34
Union0.390.000.450.000.000.000.000.000.000.84
Upson0.370.000.210.000.000.000.012.010.002.60
Walker7.140.000.221.620.000.000.010.000.008.99
Walton0.350.001.980.000.000.000.000.000.532.86
Ware3.850.800.410.810.000.000.010.003.129.00
Warren0.030.000.220.560.000.020.000.000.150.98
Washington4.190.000.7513.470.000.740.030.005.3924.57
Wayne1.910.001.0959.520.000.000.010.001.6064.13
Webster0.100.000.100.000.000.000.000.000.310.51
Wheeler0.270.000.300.000.000.000.010.000.681.26
White0.650.001.000.000.000.000.000.000.011.66
Whitfield0.000.000.170.000.000.000.010.000.000.18
Wilcox0.620.000.320.000.000.000.020.0017.3318.29
Wilkes0.070.000.270.000.000.000.000.000.000.34
Wilkinson2.350.000.1518.660.006.220.010.000.0227.41
Worth1.460.000.920.000.000.000.040.0025.4027.82
Total277.6816.02110.16289.641.037.751.667.70750.271,461.91

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