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   Public supply    self-supplied industrial-mining self-supplied irrigation Power generation Total freshwater withdrawn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).