Water use in New York, 2005

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 The data compiled includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use.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

Water use by category of use

• Totals | Surface water | Ground water

Total surface-water use in New York, 2005

 

(Water-use values are in million gallons per day (Mgal/d))

County	Public Supply	Commercial	Domestic	Industrial	Thermo- electric	Mining	Live- stock	Aqua- culture	Irrigation	Total
Albany	45.7	0	0	3.74	0.62	0.06	12.29	1.58	60.5	124.49
Allegany	0.53	0	0	0.16	0.27	0.22	0.03	0.26	0	1.47
Bronx	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0.16
Broome	12.5	0	0	1.11	0.42	0.13	0	0.29	80.4	94.85
Cattaraugus	2.98	0	0	0.28	0.29	0.25	1.79	0.98	0	6.57
Cayuga	8.41	0	0	1.25	0.33	0.43	0	0.1	0	10.52
Chautauqua	7.27	0	0	2.85	0.74	0.37	3.52	0.11	432.09	446.95
Chemung	8.85	0	0	0.6	0.14	0.05	0	0.32	0	9.96
Chenango	1.3	0	0	0.04	0.18	0.28	0.17	0.23	0	2.2
Clinton	6.03	0	0	2.86	0.2	0.28	0	0.22	0	9.59
Columbia	1.54	0	0	0.56	0.46	0.16	0	0.3	0	3.02
Cortland	0	0	0	0	0.16	0.21	0	0.17	0	0.54
Delaware	448.86	0	0	0.05	0.18	0.24	0	0.23	0	449.56
Dutchess	15.64	0	0	1.86	0.83	0.06	0.25	2.63	0	21.27
Erie	174.57	0	0	22.49	1.76	0.24	0.02	0.81	595.13	795.02
Essex	4.52	0	0	1.83	0.39	0.03	0	0.34	0	7.11
Franklin	5.15	0	0	0.32	0.25	0.24	9.46	0.07	0	15.49
Fulton	4.38	0	0	1.23	0.22	0.05	1.08	0.13	0	7.09
Genesee	4.38	0	0	0.84	1.5	0.34	0	0.36	0	7.42
Greene	2.49	0	0	0.23	0.41	0.03	0	0.33	0	3.49
Hamilton	0.35	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0.02	0	0.45
Herkimer	5.55	0	0	2.15	0.19	0.26	0	0.41	0	8.56
Jefferson	8.17	0	0	1.77	0.47	0.48	0	0.43	0	11.32
Kings	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0	0.09
Lewis	1.3	0	0	0.4	0.16	0.37	2.46	0.11	0	4.8
Livingston	3.36	0	0	0.87	0.66	0.29	0	0.22	0	5.4
Madison	0	0	0	0.6	0.39	0.32	0.11	0.16	0	1.58
Monroe	82.02	0	0	15.31	1.75	0.05	0	0.44	118.47	218.04
Montgomery	7.87	0	0	1.9	0.13	0.23	0	0.52	0	10.65
Nassau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0.02
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niagara	45.9	0	0	7.15	1.18	0.12	0	0.26	234.03	288.64
Oneida	24.03	0	0	4.24	0.88	0.34	3.27	0.3	0	33.06
Onondaga	113.44	0	0	19.02	1.52	0.27	0.78	0.72	0	135.75
Ontario	5.36	0	0	3.58	0.67	0.26	0.32	0.58	0	10.77
Orange	23.37	0	0	5.2	1.33	0.13	0	0.64	804.15	834.82
Orleans	2.14	0	0	0.52	0.93	0.06	0	0.3	0	3.95
Oswego	9	0	0	1.76	0.5	0.09	2.76	0.3	1233.66	1248.07
Otsego	1.82	0	0	0.24	0.24	0.26	0	0.13	0	2.69
Putnam	103.62	0	0	0.28	0.32	0	0	0.07	0	104.29
Queens	0	0	0	0	0.27	0	0	0	357.41	357.68
Rensselaer	16.56	0	0	1.91	0.34	0.1	0	1.06	0	19.97
Richmond	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	0	0.18
Rockland	24.83	0	0	0.75	0.44	0	0	1.19	0	27.21
St. Lawrence	6.05	0	0	1.69	0.33	0.56	0.19	0.43	0	9.25
Saratoga	6.44	0	0	2.07	0.63	0.11	0	0.6	0	9.85
Schenectady	0.04	0	0	0	0.36	0.01	0	0.1	0	0.51
Schoharie	167.6	0	0	0.1	0.13	0.12	0.01	0.2	0	168.16
Schuyler	0.32	0	0	0.34	0.05	0.08	0	0.29	0	1.08
Seneca	2.23	0	0	0.72	0.15	0.14	0	0.12	0	3.36
Steuben	2.66	0	0	1.08	0.75	0.35	0	1.51	0	6.35
Suffolk	0.11	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.95	0	1.07
Sullivan	93.84	0	0	0.15	0.43	0.07	5.82	0.36	0	100.67
Tioga	1	0	0	0.09	0.32	0.14	0	0.48	0	2.03
Tompkins	9.16	0	0	1.15	0.27	0.15	0	1.53	239.91	252.17
Ulster	455.98	0	0	0.96	1.19	0.03	2.6	0.6	0	461.36
Warren	8.05	0	0	0.98	0.27	0	0	0.43	0	9.73
Washington	2.05	0	0	1.38	0.36	0.38	0.03	0.2	0	4.4
Wayne	6.56	0	0	2.2	0.54	0.13	0.08	0.24	446.97	456.72
Westchester	27.73	0	0	15.76	1.67	0	0	0	2471.68	2516.84
Wyoming	2.33	0	0	0.65	0.96	0.7	0.02	0.47	0	5.13
Yates	0.63	0	0	0.59	0.11	0.16	0	0.11	67.86	69.46
Total	2026.57	0	0	139.87	30.75	10.43	47.08	25.94	7142.26	9422.9