Table 3. Estimated freshwater ground-water withdrawals in Oklahoma, 2000,
by aquifer, and use
[Amounts are in million gallons per day.
Figures may not add to totals because of independent rounding]
Aquifer |
Irrigation |
Water
Supply | Livestock &
Aquaculture |
Thermo-
electric | Domestic &
Commercial |
Industrial
& Mining |
Total |
|
Alluvial and Terrace Aquifers
|
74.89
|
49.31
|
12.98
|
2.96
|
3.61
|
4.75
|
148.50
|
|
High
Plains System
|
400.38
|
13.49
|
23.38
|
0.00
|
0.93
|
0.15
|
438.33
|
|
Ada-Vamoosa (Minor)
|
0.06
|
3.99
|
0.90
|
0.00
|
2.37
|
0.02
|
7.34
|
|
Central
Oklahoma
|
5.25
|
25.65
|
1.09
|
0.13
|
8.88
|
0.82
|
41.82
|
|
Rush
Springs System
|
49.67
|
6.20
|
5.54
|
0.18
|
1.90
|
0.37
|
63.86
|
|
Arbuckle-Simpson (Minor)
|
1.19
|
2.38
|
0.27
|
0.00
|
0.08
|
0.97
|
4.89
|
|
Blaine
System
|
19.73
|
0.00
|
0.51
|
0.00
|
0.18
|
0.69
|
21.11
|
|
Not a Principle Aquifer
|
13.26
|
5.83
|
5.93
|
0.00
|
4.09
|
0.85
|
29.96
|
|
Ozark Plateau
|
0.00
|
4.02
|
2.26
|
0.00
|
4.26
|
0.28
|
10.82
|
|
Edwards-Trinity
(Antlers)
|
1.96
|
2.12
|
0.99
|
0.00
|
1.83
|
0.18
|
7.08
|
|
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Total
|
566.39
|
112.99
|
53.85
|
3.27
|
28.13
|
9.08
|
773.71
|
| 
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
