Water Withdrawals, Use, Discharge, and Trends in Florida, 2000
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Water Withdrawals, Use, Discharge, and Trends in Florida, 2000 By Richard L. Marella Prepared in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5151 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior Gale A. Norton, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Charles G. Groat, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2004 For sale by U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services Box 25286, Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 For more information about the USGS and its products: Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/ Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Suggested citation: Marella, R.L., 2004, Water withdrawals, use, discharge, and trends in Florida, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5151, 136 p. iii Contents Abstract .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 2 Purpose and Scope .................................................................................................................................. 2 Previous Investigations ............................................................................................................................ 2 Data Sources and Limitations ................................................................................................................ 4 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................... 6 Water Withdrawals and Use ............................................................................................................................ 7 Water Source and Use Category .......................................................................................................... 10 Public Supply .................................................................................................................................... 13 Domestic Self-Supplied .................................................................................................................. 17 Commercial-Industrial Self-Supplied .......................................................................................... 19 Agricultural Self-Supplied (Irrigation and Nonirrigation) ...................................................... 22 Recreational Irrigation .................................................................................................................... 26 Power Generation ............................................................................................................................ 29 Water Management Districts ................................................................................................................. 31 Water Consumption and Discharges ............................................................................................................. 35 Domestic Wastewater ............................................................................................................................. 36 Septic Tanks ................................................................................................................................................ 38 Water Withdrawal Trends, 1970-2000 ............................................................................................................ 40 Selected References ........................................................................................................................................... 44 Water-Use Bibliography for Florida ................................................................................................................ 46 Florida ........................................................................................................................................................... 46 Northwest Florida Water Management District ............................................................................... 47 St. Johns River Water Management District ..................................................................................... 47 South Florida Water Management District ........................................................................................48 Southwest Florida Water Management District ............................................................................... 48 Suwannee River Water Management District .................................................................................. 49 Additional Water-Use Reports or Papers ........................................................................................... 49 Appendix 1 and 2 Purpose, Data Sources and Limitations............................................................................................... 52 Selected References for Appendix 1 and 2......................................................................................... 52 Appendix 1. Freshwater withdrawals by category for each county in Florida, 1965-2000............... 55 Appendix 2. Freshwater withdrawals by category for each Water Management District in Florida, 1975-2000................................................................................................................ 125 Glossary................................................................................................................................................................... 132 iv Figures 1. Graph showing historical and projected population of Florida, 1950-2020.......................... 2 2. Counties and water management districts in Florida................................................................ 3 3-5. Graphs showing: 3. Total water withdrawals in Florida by source, 2000......................................................... 7 4. Average daily freshwater withdrawals by month in Florida, 2000................................ 8 5. Fresh ground- and surface-water withdrawals in Florida by category, 2000............ 8 6. Map showing approximate areal extent throughout which principal aquifers in Florida are the primary source of ground water and quantity of ground-water withdrawals, 2000................................................................................................................................ 10 7. Map showing general location of hydrologic units in Florida and fresh ground- and surface-water withdrawals within these units, 2000................................................................. 12 8-40. Graphs showing: 8. Public-supply ground-water withdrawals in Florida by principal aquifer, 2000........ 13 9. Average daily public-supply freshwater withdrawals by month in Florida, 2000 ..... 13 10. Public-supply water use (deliveries) in Florida, 2000 ....................................................... 15 11. Historical public supply average daily per capita use in Florida, 1950-2000.............. 15 12. Historical public-supply freshwater withdrawals in Florida by source, 1950-2000 .. 17 13. Domestic self-supplied ground-water withdrawals in Florida by principal aquifer, 2000................................................................................................................................. 19 14. Historical domestic self-supplied freshwater withdrawals in Florida, 1950-2000..... 19 15. Commercial-industrial self-supplied ground-water withdrawals in Florida by principal aquifer, 2000............................................................................................................... 19 16. Average daily commercial-industrial self-supplied freshwater withdrawals by month in Florida, 2000 ............................................................................................................... 21 17. Commercial-industrial self-supplied reshwater use in Florida by major industrial type, 2000...................................................................................................................................... 21 18. Historical commercial-industrial self-supplied freshwater withdrawals in Florida by source, 1950-2000................................................................................................................. 21 19. Agricultural self-supplied ground-water withdrawals in Florida by principal aquifer, 2000................................................................................................................................. 22 20. Average daily agricultural self-supplied freshwater withdrawals by month in Florida, 2000............................................................................................................................. 22 21. Agricultural self-supplied freshwater use in Florida by major crop type, 2000......... 25 22. Historical agricultural self-supplied freshwater withdrawals in Florida by source, 1950-2000....................................................................................................................... 25 23. Historical agricultural acreage in Florida for selected crops, 1970-2000.................... 26 24. Historical agricultural acreage irrigated in Florida by irrigation system type, 1980-2000.....................................................................................................................................