Water Use for Cayuga County

The U.S. Geological Survey compiles National water-use estimates every five years. The most recent compilation was for year 2000. The data includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use. Fresh (non-saline) water-use estimates for Cayuga County are presented below. Data are reported in million of gallons per day (Mgal/d).

Water-use data tables for all New York counties

• Total water use
• Water use by category: Totals | Surface water | Ground water

Water-use information for other counties.

Total fresh-water use and source of water, Cayuga County, 2000

Source	Water use, in millions gallons per day	Percent of total use
Surface Water	9.72	73.03%
Ground Water	3.59	26.97%
Total	13.31	100.00%

	Surface Water
	9.72

	Ground Water
	3.59

	Surface Water
	9.72

Total fresh-water use by category of use for Cayuga County, 2000

	Public Supply
Water use, in Mgal/day	9.71

	Domestic
Water use, in Mgal/day	2.09

	Industrial
Water use, in Mgal/day	1.51

Water use by category of use for Cayuga County, 2000

	Public Supply	Commercial	Domestic	Industrial	Thermo- electric	Mining	Live- stock	Aqua- culture	Irrigation	Total
Surface Water	8.41	0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	9.72
Ground Water	1.3	0	2.09	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3.59
Total	9.71	0	2.09	1.51	0	0	0	0	0	13.31