How much water was used in New England in 2015?
New England water use in 2015.
The USGS 2015 water-use compilation estimated that total water withdrawals in New England were 6,413 million gallons of water per day (Mgal/day).
- Surface water withdrawals totaled 5,671 Mgal/d (88 % of total)
- Groundwater withdrawals totaled 742 Mgal/d (12 % of total)
- Freshwater withdrawals were 2,375 Mgal/d (37 % of total)
- Saline water withdrawals were 4,038 Mgal/d (63 % of total)
Water Withdrawals by State
Estimates by State and percentages of total New England water withdrawals:
- Connecticut - 3,128 Mgal/day (49%)
- Massachusetts - 1,406 Mgal/day (22%)
- New Hampshire - 935 Mgal/day (15%)
- Maine - 509 Mgal/day (8%)
- Rhode Island - 344 Mgal/day (5%)
- Vermont - 91 Mgal/day (1%)
Water Withdrawals by Water Use Category
Estimates by category and percentages of total New England water withdrawals:
- Thermoelectric Power - 4,209 Mgal/day (65.6%)
- Public Supply - 1,209 Mgal/day (18.9%)
- Self-Supplied Industrial - 501 Mgal/day (7.8%)
- Irrigation - 181 Mgal/day (2.8%)
- Self-Supplied Domestic - 145 Mgal/day (2.3%)
- Aquaculture - 123 Mgal/day (1.9%)
- Mining - 34 Mgal/day (0.5%)
- Livestock - 11 Mgal/day (0.2%)
Population on Public vs Self-Supplied Water
Eighty percent of the New England population relies on publicly supplied water and 20% uses self-supplied water.
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New England Water Use
Background The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled the Nation's water-use data at the county, State, and national levels every 5 years between 1950 and 2015. A summary for New England is presented on this web page. Water use estimates for 2000 through 2020 are now available for the three largest categories of use in the United States: self-supplied thermoelectric power generation, self-supplied...
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New England Water Use
Background The U.S. Geological Survey has compiled the Nation's water-use data at the county, State, and national levels every 5 years between 1950 and 2015. A summary for New England is presented on this web page. Water use estimates for 2000 through 2020 are now available for the three largest categories of use in the United States: self-supplied thermoelectric power generation, self-supplied...