| Freshwater withdrawals by category in Pinellas 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| Public supply | self-supplied | industrial-mining | self-supplied | irrigation | Power generation | Total freshwater withdrawn | |||||||||||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 | 32.60 | 0.00 | 13.20 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 12.54 | 0.24 | ---- | ---- | 0.10 | 0.00 | 46.34 | 0.24 | 46.58 | |
| 1966 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1967 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1968 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1969 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1970 | 32.00 | 0.00 | 28.00 | 13.12 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.04 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.12 | 0.04 | 51.16 | |
| 1971 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1972 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1973 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1974 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1975 | 36.93 | 0.00 | 39.97 | 6.46 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 34.27 | 0.02 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 78.96 | 0.02 | 78.98 | |
| 1976 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1977 | 42.62 | 0.00 | 46.06 | 2.91 | 0.00 | 1.28 | 0.00 | 28.62 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 75.43 | 0.00 | 75.43 | |
| 1978 | 39.20 | 0.00 | 58.60 | 0.73 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 19.73 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 60.66 | 0.00 | 60.66 | |
| 1979 | 39.85 | 0.00 | 61.65 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 20.38 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 64.23 | 0.00 | 64.23 | |
| 1980 | 36.71 | 0.00 | 66.19 | 2.72 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 9.42 | 0.46 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 49.75 | 0.46 | 50.21 | |
| 1981 | 32.55 | 0.00 | 70.85 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 11.27 | 0.56 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.52 | 0.56 | 47.08 | |
| 1982 | 32.21 | 0.00 | 70.60 | 2.27 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 10.92 | 0.58 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.52 | 0.58 | 46.10 | |
| 1983 | 56.34 | 0.00 | 64.61 | 2.30 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 11.20 | 0.59 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.95 | 0.63 | 70.58 | |
| 1984 | 41.93 | 0.00 | 75.79 | 3.52 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 11.02 | 0.58 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.68 | 0.61 | 57.29 | |
| 1985 | 40.13 | 0.00 | 76.28 | 3.72 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.95 | 0.35 | 9.30 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.15 | 0.55 | 54.70 | |
| 1986 | 39.51 | 0.00 | 77.91 | 2.37 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 16.22 | 0.86 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.14 | 0.86 | 59.00 | |
| 1987 | 40.02 | 0.00 | 79.55 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 6.72 | 0.63 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.51 | 0.63 | 49.14 | |
| 1988 | 46.57 | 0.00 | 73.68 | 7.54 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 4.24 | 0.91 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.38 | 0.91 | 59.29 | |
| 1989 | 46.88 | 0.00 | 69.93 | 1.77 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 1.54 | 3.81 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.26 | 3.81 | 54.07 | |
| 1990 | 40.97 | 0.00 | 77.91 | 1.98 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 0.00 | 3.78 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.10 | 1.35 | 49.45 | |
| 1991 | 39.79 | 0.00 | 70.36 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.85 | 1.80 | 11.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.85 | 12.41 | 55.26 | |
| 1992 | 32.49 | 0.00 | 81.12 | 1.77 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.77 | 1.64 | 4.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 36.40 | 5.94 | 42.34 | |
| 1993 | 37.67 | 0.00 | 73.83 | 8.89 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.55 | 0.03 | 2.23 | 4.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 49.42 | 5.04 | 54.46 | |
| 1994 | 38.71 | 0.00 | 84.33 | 9.06 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.44 | 1.31 | 0.02 | 2.20 | 3.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.45 | 4.33 | 55.78 | |
| 1995 | 34.83 | 0.00 | 78.52 | 4.99 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.59 | 0.03 | 2.28 | 1.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.73 | 2.02 | 44.75 | |
| 1996 | 32.99 | 0.00 | 86.68 | 0.66 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 2.00 | 2.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 36.17 | 2.67 | 38.84 | |
| 1997 | 33.61 | 0.00 | 81.31 | 2.99 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.52 | 0.04 | 2.43 | 5.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 39.61 | 6.03 | 45.64 | |
| 1998 | 34.23 | 0.00 | 79.30 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 0.03 | 2.32 | 2.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.54 | 2.57 | 40.11 | |
| 1999 | 34.35 | 0.00 | 86.27 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0.04 | 2.89 | 3.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.20 | 3.59 | 41.79 | |
| 2000 | 39.88 | 0.00 | 78.74 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.03 | 2.39 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 43.20 | 3.58 | 46.78 | |
| Public supply transfers represent water withdrawn in Hillsborough and Pasco Counties and imported 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). | |||||||||||||||||