| Freshwater withdrawals by category in Pasco 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| Public supply | self-supplied | industrial-mining | self-supplied | irrigation | Power generation | Total freshwater withdrawn | |||||||||||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 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 16.40 | 0.00 | 12.55 | 3.06 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.88 | 3.06 | 34.94 | |
| 1966 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1967 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1968 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1969 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1970 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0.00 | 9.60 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 47.80 | 0.00 | 47.80 | |
| 1971 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1972 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1973 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1974 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1975 | 18.66 | 0.00 | 15.70 | 10.39 | 0.00 | 25.01 | 0.00 | 39.96 | 10.43 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94.02 | 10.43 | 104.45 | |
| 1976 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1977 | 21.67 | 0.00 | 18.10 | 11.55 | 0.00 | 13.19 | 0.00 | 31.09 | 7.31 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 77.50 | 7.31 | 84.81 | |
| 1978 | 40.60 | 0.00 | 36.20 | 11.28 | 0.00 | 14.50 | 0.00 | 27.78 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 94.16 | 0.00 | 94.16 | |
| 1979 | 57.44 | 0.00 | 36.54 | 3.89 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 22.49 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 96.82 | 0.00 | 96.82 | |
| 1980 | 54.65 | 0.00 | 42.75 | 5.74 | 0.00 | 15.80 | 0.00 | 21.26 | 0.78 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 97.45 | 0.78 | 98.23 | |
| 1981 | 61.04 | 0.00 | 48.54 | 6.27 | 0.00 | 7.72 | 0.38 | 24.61 | 1.25 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 99.64 | 1.63 | 101.27 | |
| 1982 | 64.73 | 0.00 | 46.30 | 5.72 | 0.00 | 23.72 | 0.00 | 17.22 | 0.70 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 111.39 | 0.70 | 112.09 | |
| 1983 | 58.82 | 0.00 | 41.54 | 5.88 | 0.00 | 27.87 | 0.00 | 16.15 | 0.66 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 108.72 | 0.66 | 109.38 | |
| 1984 | 63.40 | 0.00 | 44.97 | 6.80 | 0.00 | 30.28 | 0.00 | 23.94 | 0.92 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 124.42 | 0.92 | 125.34 | |
| 1985 | 63.87 | 0.00 | 44.10 | 8.25 | 0.00 | 19.91 | 0.00 | 20.63 | 0.87 | 1.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 114.45 | 0.87 | 115.32 | |
| 1986 | 68.93 | 0.00 | 47.86 | 5.51 | 0.00 | 20.03 | 0.00 | 20.75 | 0.82 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 115.22 | 0.82 | 116.04 | |
| 1987 | 83.87 | 0.00 | 62.11 | 4.80 | 0.00 | 27.40 | 0.00 | 11.61 | 0.85 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 127.68 | 0.85 | 128.53 | |
| 1988 | 83.92 | 0.00 | 59.25 | 6.55 | 0.00 | 32.51 | 0.00 | 21.31 | 1.80 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 144.29 | 1.80 | 146.09 | |
| 1989 | 87.36 | 0.00 | 62.86 | 10.11 | 0.00 | 38.12 | 0.00 | 14.60 | 2.10 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150.19 | 2.10 | 152.29 | |
| 1990 | 90.65 | 0.00 | 65.26 | 10.19 | 0.00 | 18.68 | 0.07 | 15.10 | 1.66 | 1.30 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 135.92 | 2.38 | 138.30 | |
| 1991 | 93.84 | 0.00 | 58.91 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 13.01 | 39.26 | 25.78 | 4.60 | 2.13 | 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 134.89 | 46.00 | 180.89 | |
| 1992 | 102.26 | 0.00 | 68.61 | 2.89 | 0.00 | 12.26 | 38.54 | 24.06 | 4.03 | 2.46 | 1.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 143.93 | 44.06 | 187.99 | |
| 1993 | 97.06 | 0.00 | 58.93 | 10.76 | 0.00 | 11.67 | 8.46 | 18.16 | 0.69 | 3.47 | 0.47 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 141.29 | 9.62 | 150.91 | |
| 1994 | 94.44 | 0.00 | 62.07 | 7.99 | 0.00 | 14.94 | 10.91 | 15.88 | 0.37 | 4.10 | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 137.96 | 11.84 | 149.80 | |
| 1995 | 93.93 | 0.00 | 67.79 | 8.81 | 0.00 | 9.38 | 11.56 | 14.49 | 0.20 | 2.56 | 0.43 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 129.40 | 12.19 | 141.59 | |
| 1996 | 98.53 | 0.00 | 66.34 | 9.72 | 0.00 | 8.59 | 11.53 | 14.06 | 0.38 | 2.98 | 0.67 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 134.08 | 12.58 | 146.66 | |
| 1997 | 97.29 | 0.00 | 61.51 | 11.30 | 0.00 | 8.47 | 8.71 | 13.87 | 0.37 | 3.73 | 0.84 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 134.87 | 9.92 | 144.79 | |
| 1998 | 93.20 | 0.00 | 57.82 | 4.39 | 0.00 | 8.29 | 4.02 | 15.23 | 0.48 | 3.13 | 0.85 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 124.40 | 5.35 | 129.75 | |
| 1999 | 97.94 | 0.00 | 60.70 | 3.47 | 0.00 | 7.36 | 1.65 | 15.57 | 0.54 | 4.71 | 1.11 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 129.19 | 3.30 | 132.49 | |
| 2000 | 102.67 | 0.00 | 67.44 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.72 | 0.81 | 22.37 | 0.36 | 5.29 | 1.07 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 139.69 | 2.24 | 141.93 | |
| Public supply transfers represent water withdrawn in Pasco County and exported for use in Pinellas County. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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). | |||||||||||||||||