Freshwater withdrawals by category in Polk 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	Public supply			self-supplied		industrial-mining		self-supplied		irrigation		Power generation		Total freshwater withdrawn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	26.40	0.00	0.00	2.14	0.00	270.00	0.00	51.80	9.10	----	----	0.10	265.00	350.44	274.10	624.54
1966	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1967	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1968	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1969	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1970	27.70	0.00	0.00	7.02	0.00	236.00	71.00	156.10	17.30	----	----	0.10	110.00	426.92	198.30	625.22
1971	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1972	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1973	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1974	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1975	31.23	0.00	0.00	9.30	0.00	270.38	1.85	96.89	5.10	----	----	0.10	298.50	407.90	305.45	713.35
1976	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1977	30.37	0.00	0.00	9.30	0.00	233.43	0.00	91.34	5.65	----	----	0.20	222.90	364.64	228.55	593.19
1978	32.50	0.00	0.00	9.36	0.00	223.60	4.10	85.80	4.40	----	----	0.10	168.00	351.36	176.50	527.86
1979	34.90	0.00	0.00	11.32	0.00	199.91	23.60	78.07	3.99	----	----	0.10	221.60	324.30	249.19	573.49
1980	35.54	0.00	0.00	13.84	0.00	208.71	0.00	53.96	3.52	----	----	0.20	295.00	312.25	298.52	610.77
1981	41.38	0.00	0.00	14.53	0.00	187.41	14.70	125.93	7.55	----	----	0.30	315.00	369.55	337.25	706.80
1982	65.15	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1983	46.53	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1984	50.80	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1985	54.90	0.00	0.00	18.17	0.00	135.93	1.14	105.92	7.58	4.06	0.75	1.38	68.97	320.36	78.44	398.80
1986	57.15	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1987	60.17	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1988	64.75	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1989	65.61	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990	65.52	0.00	0.00	23.26	0.00	143.35	0.00	114.35	11.94	5.78	1.27	1.41	70.62	353.67	83.83	437.50
1991	69.43	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1992	67.34	0.00	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1993	63.18	0.19	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	58.52	0.30	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	58.15	0.27	0.00	7.67	0.00	67.61	24.12	100.14	4.32	8.71	1.38	0.70	118.78	242.98	148.87	391.85
1996	63.26	0.22	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	2.32	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	65.68	0.21	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	2.75	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1998	71.03	0.14	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	2.87	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
1999	71.22	0.15	0.00	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	N/A	N/A	N/A
2000	75.43	0.06	0.00	12.45	0.00	71.20	6.39	157.53	9.33	9.65	2.29	4.27	15.66	330.53	33.73	364.26
	Polk County is located within the St. Johns River, South Florida and the Southwest Florida Water Management Districts. The values shown represent the County totals as reported by the Districts.
	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 through 1984.
	Power generation surface water withdrawal totals for 1996-1998 were not available.
	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).