| Freshwater withdrawals by category in Hillsborough 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| Public supply | self-supplied | industrial-mining | self-supplied | irrigation | Power generation | Total freshwater withdrawn | |||||||||||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 | 18.80 | 38.20 | 13.20 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 82.00 | 2.00 | 44.73 | 11.21 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 152.03 | 51.41 | 203.44 | |
| 1966 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1967 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1968 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1969 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1970 | 35.20 | 44.60 | 28.00 | 14.44 | 0.00 | 40.00 | 11.90 | 64.20 | 5.10 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 153.84 | 61.60 | 215.44 | |
| 1971 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1972 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1973 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1974 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1975 | 31.44 | 52.70 | 24.27 | 21.26 | 0.00 | 20.80 | 8.10 | 48.50 | 2.27 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 122.00 | 63.07 | 185.07 | |
| 1976 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1977 | 41.38 | 56.64 | 27.96 | 8.73 | 0.00 | 26.76 | 7.40 | 52.28 | 2.52 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 129.15 | 66.56 | 195.71 | |
| 1978 | 43.40 | 45.00 | 22.40 | 9.65 | 0.00 | 35.50 | 9.30 | 61.60 | 3.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150.15 | 57.30 | 207.45 | |
| 1979 | 54.21 | 39.00 | 25.11 | 8.14 | 0.00 | 21.40 | 7.90 | 62.54 | 3.02 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 146.29 | 49.92 | 196.21 | |
| 1980 | 58.27 | 49.87 | 23.44 | 5.92 | 0.00 | 20.54 | 6.23 | 74.97 | 2.18 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 159.70 | 58.28 | 217.98 | |
| 1981 | 63.61 | 58.70 | 22.31 | 6.15 | 0.00 | 15.20 | 7.20 | 91.57 | 3.15 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 176.53 | 69.05 | 245.58 | |
| 1982 | 65.74 | 48.26 | 24.30 | 10.17 | 0.00 | 14.96 | 6.59 | 78.21 | 2.42 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 169.08 | 57.27 | 226.35 | |
| 1983 | 56.77 | 49.48 | 23.07 | 18.31 | 0.00 | 22.57 | 0.07 | 79.77 | 2.47 | ---- | ---- | 0.07 | 0.00 | 177.49 | 52.02 | 229.51 | |
| 1984 | 78.67 | 50.79 | 30.82 | 9.87 | 0.00 | 30.72 | 0.00 | 124.50 | 3.85 | ---- | ---- | 0.01 | 0.00 | 243.77 | 54.64 | 298.41 | |
| 1985 | 81.81 | 64.46 | 32.18 | 6.05 | 0.00 | 34.36 | 0.00 | 103.15 | 2.84 | 4.75 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 230.17 | 67.91 | 298.08 | |
| 1986 | 73.72 | 54.06 | 30.05 | 6.46 | 0.00 | 24.83 | 0.00 | 103.24 | 3.16 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 208.25 | 57.22 | 265.47 | |
| 1987 | 63.64 | 58.96 | 17.44 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 20.47 | 0.00 | 88.52 | 3.07 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 187.30 | 62.03 | 249.33 | |
| 1988 | 68.58 | 65.77 | 14.06 | 10.75 | 0.00 | 16.42 | 4.59 | 84.77 | 5.29 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 180.52 | 75.65 | 256.17 | |
| 1989 | 68.06 | 68.69 | 7.36 | 14.75 | 0.00 | 22.07 | 4.18 | 96.50 | 12.80 | ---- | ---- | 0.04 | 0.00 | 201.42 | 85.67 | 287.09 | |
| 1990 | 61.79 | 76.05 | 12.65 | 2.68 | 0.00 | 25.82 | 4.21 | 82.97 | 7.98 | 6.47 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 179.73 | 88.94 | 268.67 | |
| 1991 | 56.78 | 77.28 | 13.20 | 2.86 | 0.00 | 22.46 | 9.33 | 73.74 | 19.99 | 3.75 | 3.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 159.59 | 110.18 | 269.77 | |
| 1992 | 65.98 | 80.89 | 22.40 | 4.24 | 0.00 | 20.02 | 10.12 | 72.15 | 15.82 | 3.14 | 3.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 165.53 | 110.60 | 276.13 | |
| 1993 | 63.13 | 68.07 | 17.23 | 13.85 | 0.00 | 36.83 | 5.62 | 64.74 | 3.15 | 6.49 | 4.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 185.04 | 80.95 | 265.99 | |
| 1994 | 64.92 | 65.80 | 22.26 | 13.41 | 0.00 | 32.51 | 5.59 | 62.79 | 3.24 | 5.04 | 2.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 178.67 | 77.48 | 256.15 | |
| 1995 | 63.75 | 65.75 | 15.67 | 12.37 | 0.00 | 27.60 | 5.54 | 60.39 | 2.90 | 5.11 | 2.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 169.22 | 77.12 | 246.34 | |
| 1996 | 67.53 | 67.78 | 20.34 | 11.56 | 0.00 | 12.36 | 5.61 | 69.66 | 3.04 | 6.81 | 4.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 167.92 | 80.58 | 248.50 | |
| 1997 | 77.16 | 74.52 | 19.80 | 10.39 | 0.00 | 12.24 | 4.42 | 63.18 | 3.15 | 9.38 | 4.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 172.35 | 86.48 | 258.83 | |
| 1998 | 80.01 | 77.35 | 21.35 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 11.72 | 5.11 | 64.67 | 2.99 | 7.69 | 4.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 166.66 | 90.20 | 256.86 | |
| 1999 | 83.91 | 86.67 | 29.57 | 5.65 | 0.00 | 10.28 | 5.60 | 68.25 | 3.28 | 7.48 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 175.57 | 99.80 | 275.37 | |
| 2000 | 85.51 | 80.88 | 11.30 | 4.71 | 0.00 | 14.17 | 5.50 | 83.84 | 3.31 | 9.21 | 4.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 197.44 | 94.28 | 291.72 | |
| Public supply transfers represent water withdrawn in Hillsborough County and exported for use in Pinellas County and includes transfer losses. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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). | |||||||||||||||||