2005 WATER USE
USGS IN YOUR STATE
USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
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Total freshwater use, by category of use, in Alabama, 2005
 Water use for individual counties.
Freshwater use, by category of use, in Alabama, 2005
(Water-use values are in million gallons per day (Mgal/d)
| County | Public
supply | Resid-
ential | Industrial | Thermo-
electric
power | Mining | Live-
stock | Aqua-
culture | Irrigation | Total,
including
thermo-
electric | Total,
excluding
thermo-
electric |
|---|
| Autauga | 3.18 | 0.32 | 32.29 | 4.14 | 0.43 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 2.78 | 43.66 | 39.52 |
| Baldwin | 21.59 | 2.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 43.82 | 69.01 | 69.01 |
| Barbour | 4.15 | 0.11 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.35 | 5.91 | 3.59 | 16.49 | 16.49 |
| Bibb | 4.16 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 4.98 | 4.98 |
| Blount | 16.19 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.96 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 18.95 | 18.95 |
| Bullock | 2.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 3.12 | 5.44 | 5.44 |
| Butler | 3.00 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 4.39 | 4.39 |
| Calhoun | 22.10 | 0.83 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 4.28 | 28.95 | 28.95 |
| Chambers | 5.24 | 0.58 | 2.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 8.40 | 8.40 |
| Cherokee | 3.21 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 2.62 | 7.20 | 7.20 |
| Chilton | 4.34 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
| Choctaw | 1.30 | 0.63 | 47.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 49.57 | 49.57 |
| Clarke | 4.00 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 4.90 | 4.90 |
| Clay | 1.87 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 2.70 | 2.70 |
| Cleburne | 0.51 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 2.37 | 2.37 |
| Coffee | 6.67 | 0.38 | 0.86 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.84 | 0.74 | 3.46 | 12.95 | 12.95 |
| Coffee | 9.56 | 0.31 | 56.44 | 1,294.14 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 2.34 | 1,363.16 | 69.02 |
| Conecuh | 1.60 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 2.37 | 2.37 |
| Coosa | 0.46 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Covington | 4.38 | 1.04 | 0.43 | 4.30 | 0.00 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 2.57 | 13.54 | 9.24 |
| Crenshaw | 2.15 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 3.23 | 3.23 |
| Cullman | 27.01 | 0.21 | 1.79 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 2.23 | 0.00 | 1.26 | 32.66 | 32.66 |
| Dale | 8.78 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 2.45 | 12.23 | 12.23 |
| Dallas | 6.60 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.40 | 7.14 | 2.06 | 17.78 | 17.78 |
| De Kalb | 9.92 | 1.46 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 2.04 | 0.01 | 2.29 | 16.43 | 16.43 |
| Elmore | 12.46 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 1.27 | 14.82 | 14.82 |
| Escambia | 6.30 | 0.47 | 33.78 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 1.42 | 42.84 | 42.84 |
| Etowah | 19.32 | 0.32 | 9.87 | 142.68 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 1.04 | 173.86 | 31.18 |
| Fayette | 2.41 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 3.93 | 3.93 |
| Franklin | 4.93 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 7.10 | 7.10 |
| Geneva | 1.92 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.85 | 0.30 | 3.93 | 7.61 | 7.61 |
| Greene | 1.18 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 386.14 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 10.63 | 0.20 | 398.58 | 12.44 |
| Hale | 2.88 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 24.80 | 0.10 | 28.39 | 28.39 |
| Henry | 1.89 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 2.94 | 5.82 | 5.82 |
| Houston | 15.85 | 1.49 | 0.00 | 105.53 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 8.59 | 131.78 | 26.25 |
| Jackson | 10.72 | 0.91 | 8.78 | 1,476.30 | 0.10 | 0.72 | 0.00 | 0.71 | 1,498.24 | 21.94 |
| Jefferson | 73.34 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 0.08 | 0.58 | 2.82 | 81.01 | 81.01 |
| Lamar | 1.47 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| Lauderdale | 14.19 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.03 | 1.17 | 17.17 | 17.17 |
| Lawrence | 6.91 | 0.49 | 57.18 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.75 | 0.08 | 1.79 | 67.43 | 67.43 |
| Lee | 16.35 | 0.70 | 2.23 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 1.60 | 21.51 | 21.51 |
| Limestone | 13.39 | 1.05 | 0.00 | 1,990.24 | 0.50 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 8.26 | 2,013.88 | 23.64 |
| Lowndes | 0.96 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.65 | 0.02 | 3.84 | 5.97 | 5.97 |
| Macon | 4.07 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 5.31 | 9.94 | 9.94 |
| Madison | 62.56 | 1.12 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 4.91 | 70.51 | 70.51 |
| Marengo | 2.71 | 0.55 | 19.08 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 3.64 | 0.15 | 26.79 | 26.79 |
| Marion | 6.30 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 7.84 | 7.84 |
| Marshall | 24.15 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.28 | 1.20 | 0.01 | 0.68 | 27.06 | 27.06 |
| Mobile | 76.82 | 3.01 | 5.67 | 1,043.61 | 0.46 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 1.10 | 1,130.94 | 87.33 |
| Monroe | 3.85 | 0.31 | 55.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.46 | 60.01 | 60.01 |
| Montgomery | 64.47 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1.92 | 0.66 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 69.73 | 69.73 |
| Morgan | 30.42 | 0.30 | 90.65 | 1.20 | 0.54 | 0.73 | 0.10 | 0.86 | 124.80 | 123.60 |
| Perry | 1.82 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 9.99 | 0.05 | 12.39 | 12.39 |
| Pickens | 2.71 | 0.48 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 1.00 | 0.73 | 5.67 | 5.67 |
| Pike | 4.68 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 1.34 | 6.99 | 6.99 |
| Randolph | 1.68 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 2.78 | 2.78 |
| Russell | 8.11 | 0.26 | 28.52 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 6.05 | 43.72 | 43.72 |
| St Clair | 8.13 | 0.72 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.87 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 7.37 | 21.01 | 21.01 |
| Shelby | 14.12 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 812.32 | 3.90 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 2.19 | 833.25 | 20.93 |
| Sumter | 1.82 | 0.10 | 1.22 | 0.00 | 2.39 | 0.35 | 4.29 | 0.10 | 10.27 | 10.27 |
| Talladega | 18.48 | 1.26 | 54.62 | 0.00 | 1.10 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 78.28 | 78.28 |
| Tallapoosa | 12.55 | 0.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 1.30 | 0.39 | 14.64 | 14.64 |
| Tuscaloosa | 28.29 | 0.84 | 1.92 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.07 | 4.44 | 36.02 | 36.02 |
| Walker | 40.34 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 927.28 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.49 | 969.46 | 42.18 |
| Washington | 1.19 | 0.51 | 9.64 | 86.54 | 0.91 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 99.17 | 12.63 |
| Wilcox | 1.02 | 0.34 | 21.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.68 | 0.36 | 23.65 | 23.65 |
| Winston | 0.89 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 1.92 | 1.92 |
| ALABAMA | 801.66 | 39.12 | 550.42 | 8,274.42 | 27.82 | 28.11 | 74.89 | 161.20 | 9,957.64 | 1,683.22 |
Information Resources
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
