Water Use for Orleans 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 The data includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use.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 Orleans 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, Orleans County, 2000

Source	Water use, in millions gallons per day	Percent of total use
Surface Water	3.15	75.72%
Ground Water	1.01	24.28%
Total	4.16	100.00%

	Surface Water
	3.15

	Ground Water
	1.01

	Surface Water
	3.15

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

	Public Supply
Water use, in Mgal/day	2.34

	Domestic
Water use, in Mgal/day	0.76

	Industrial
Water use, in Mgal/day	0.62

	Irrigation
Water use, in Mgal/day	0.44

Water use by category of use for Orleans County, 2000

	Public Supply	Commercial	Domestic	Industrial	Thermo- electric	Mining	Live- stock	Aqua- culture	Irrigation	Total
Surface Water	2.14	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0.44	3.15
Ground Water	0.2	0	0.76	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	1.01
Total	2.34	0	0.76	0.62	0	0	0	0	0.44	4.16