| Freshwater withdrawals by category in Hardee County, 1965-2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| (Compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey, Tallahassee, all values in million gallons per day; ----, no or partial data were available; N/A, totals not available) | |||||||||||||||||
| Domestic | Commercial- | Agricultural | Recreational | ||||||||||||||
| Public supply | self-supplied | industrial-mining | self-supplied | irrigation | Power generation | Total freshwater withdrawn | |||||||||||
| Year | Ground | Surface | Transfers | Ground | Surface | Ground | Surface | Ground | Surface | Ground | Surface | Ground | Surface | Ground | Surface | Total | |
| 1965 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 42.24 | 2.24 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.96 | 2.24 | 46.20 | |
| 1966 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1967 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1968 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1969 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1970 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 62.50 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 64.31 | 0.00 | 64.31 | |
| 1971 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1972 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1973 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1974 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1975 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 1.45 | 0.00 | 93.30 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 97.11 | 0.00 | 97.11 | |
| 1976 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1977 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.05 | 0.00 | 9.94 | 0.00 | 57.35 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.36 | 0.00 | 69.36 | |
| 1978 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 49.30 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62.43 | 0.00 | 62.43 | |
| 1979 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.09 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 35.99 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.28 | 0.00 | 54.28 | |
| 1980 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.19 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 40.29 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.58 | 0.00 | 43.58 | |
| 1981 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.11 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 58.77 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 61.63 | 0.00 | 61.63 | |
| 1982 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 2.91 | 0.00 | 41.17 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.56 | 0.00 | 46.56 | |
| 1983 | 1.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 44.51 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.95 | 0.00 | 46.95 | |
| 1984 | 1.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.72 | 0.00 | 4.69 | 0.00 | 81.28 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 88.98 | 0.00 | 88.98 | |
| 1985 | 1.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.82 | 0.00 | 4.83 | 0.00 | 84.78 | 0.00 | 1.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94.18 | 0.00 | 94.18 | |
| 1986 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.82 | 0.00 | 7.13 | 0.00 | 60.03 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70.28 | 0.00 | 70.28 | |
| 1987 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.99 | 0.00 | 7.61 | 0.00 | 43.53 | 1.86 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.48 | 1.86 | 56.34 | |
| 1988 | 1.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.96 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 63.58 | 1.91 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 67.27 | 1.91 | 69.18 | |
| 1989 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.04 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 57.24 | 6.36 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.86 | 6.36 | 67.22 | |
| 1990 | 1.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.93 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 57.05 | 5.95 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.60 | 5.95 | 66.55 | |
| 1991 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 1.04 | 0.00 | 55.63 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 59.49 | 2.28 | 61.77 | |
| 1992 | 1.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.01 | 58.97 | 2.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62.44 | 2.44 | 64.88 | |
| 1993 | 1.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 50.74 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.73 | 0.41 | 54.14 | |
| 1994 | 1.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.28 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 50.64 | 0.34 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53.52 | 0.35 | 53.87 | |
| 1995 | 1.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.77 | 0.00 | 2.81 | 0.00 | 43.93 | 0.51 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 50.49 | 0.51 | 51.00 | |
| 1996 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.49 | 0.00 | 6.92 | 0.00 | 57.89 | 0.59 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 68.06 | 0.59 | 68.65 | |
| 1997 | 1.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 2.32 | 0.00 | 54.92 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 59.60 | 0.42 | 60.02 | |
| 1998 | 1.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 59.64 | 0.76 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62.66 | 0.76 | 63.42 | |
| 1999 | 1.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 4.15 | 0.00 | 62.60 | 0.56 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.09 | 0.56 | 69.65 | |
| 2000 | 1.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 5.93 | 0.00 | 81.16 | 0.57 | 0.21 | 0.04 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 90.53 | 0.61 | 91.14 | |
| Agricultural self-supplied includes water withdrawn for crop irrigation, livestock, and fish farming purposes. | |||||||||||||||||
| Recreational irrigation includes water used for all turf grass (golf, commercial, industrial, and public) irrigation. This category was accounted for under Agricultural from 1965-1984 and 1986-1989. | |||||||||||||||||
| Data source; | 1965-1990 - Modified from USGS Open-File Report 94-521 (Marella, 1995). | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991-1994, 1996-1999 - USGS unpublished water-use data files, Tallahassee, and published data from the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995 - USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4002 (Marella, 1999). | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000 - USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5151 (Marella, 2004) and Southwest Florida Water Management District (2002). | |||||||||||||||||