How much water was used in Maine in 2015?
Maine water use in 2015.
In 2015, approximately 509 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) of water was withdrawn from groundwater and surface-water sources in Maine. Total water withdrawals between 1990 and 2015 are on steady decline (-55 percent).
- Surface water withdrawals totaled 424 Mgal/d (83 % of total)
- Groundwater withdrawals totaled 85 Mgal/d (17 % of total)
- Freshwater withdrawals were 385 Mgal/d (76 % of total)
- Saline water withdrawals were 124 Mgal/d (24 % of total)
Maine Total Water Withdrawals in 2015 by Category (Values in Mgal/day)
- Industrial—225
- Thermoelectric—86
- Public Supply—85
- Aquaculture—54
- Domestic—32
- Irrigation—19
- Mining—6
- Livestock—2
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Maine Public Water Supply Withdrawals in 2015 by County
| ME County | Groundwater (Mgal/d) | Surface Water (Mgal/d) | Total (Mgal/d) |
|---|
| Androscoggin | 0.8 | 7.12 | 7.92 |
| Aroostook | 3.37 | 0.74 | 4.11 |
| Cumberland | 4.3 | 21.05 | 25.35 |
| Franklin | 0.74 | 0.62 | 1.36 |
| Hancock | 0.29 | 6.4 | 6.69 |
| Kennebec | 3.4 | 2.75 | 6.15 |
| Knox | 0.17 | 2.85 | 3.02 |
| Lincoln | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
| Oxford | 2.75 | 0.1 | 2.85 |
| Penobscot | 3.1 | 1.69 | 4.79 |
| Piscataquis | 0.5 | 0.38 | 0.88 |
| Sagadahoc | 0.26 | 1.15 | 1.41 |
| Somerset | 0.79 | 1.03 | 1.82 |
| Waldo | 0.99 | 0.99 | |
| Washington | 1.38 | 0.19 | 1.57 |
| York | 4.51 | 10.82 | 15.33 |
| Total | 27.46 | 57.51 | 84.97 |
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