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 The data includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use.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, 2005

Source	Water use, in millions gallons per day	Percent of total use
Surface Water	10.52	71.23%
Ground Water	4.25	28.77%
Total	14.77	100.00%

	Surface Water
	10.52

	Ground Water
	4.25

	Surface Water
	10.52

Total fresh-water use by category of use for Cayuga County, 2005

	Public Supply
Water use, in Mgal/day	9.48

	Domestic
Water use, in Mgal/day	2.05

	Industrial
Water use, in Mgal/day	1.44

	Thermoelectric
Water use, in Mgal/day	0.46

	Mining
Water use, in Mgal/day	1.22

	Aquaculture
Water use, in Mgal/day	0.12

Water use by category of use for Cayuga County, 2005

	Public Supply	Commercial	Domestic	Industrial	Thermo- electric	Mining	Live- stock	Aqua- culture	Irrigation	Total
Surface Water	8.41	0	0	1.25	0.33	0.43	0	0.1	0	10.52
Ground Water	1.07	0	2.05	0.19	0.13	0.79	0	0.02	0	4.25
Total	9.48	0	2.05	1.44	0.46	1.22	0	0.12	0	14.77