Freshwater withdrawals by category in Sarasota 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	Public supply			self-supplied		industrial-mining		self-supplied		irrigation		Power generation		Total freshwater withdrawn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	6.70	0.20	0.00	0.88	0.00	0.40	0.00	40.00	0.80	----	----	0.00	0.00	47.98	1.00	48.98
1966	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1967	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1968	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1969	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1970	10.90	0.30	0.00	1.93	0.00	7.60	0.00	27.30	2.30	----	----	0.00	0.00	47.73	2.60	50.33
1971	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1972	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1973	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1974	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1975	9.33	0.00	0.98	7.33	0.00	2.99	0.00	18.35	2.34	----	----	0.00	0.00	38.00	2.34	40.34
1976	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----	----
1977	9.58	1.26	2.10	6.70	0.00	2.92	0.00	22.65	2.68	----	----	0.00	0.00	41.85	3.94	45.79
1978	9.10	1.40	6.30	5.46	0.00	0.30	0.00	30.95	3.52	----	----	0.00	0.00	45.81	4.92	50.73
1979	9.90	1.80	6.60	5.21	0.00	0.30	0.00	25.05	2.85	----	----	0.00	0.00	40.46	4.65	45.11
1980	11.10	1.30	7.17	1.08	0.00	0.10	0.00	20.89	0.47	----	----	0.00	0.00	33.17	1.77	34.94
1981	11.60	1.26	8.34	1.06	0.00	0.10	0.00	19.52	0.44	----	----	0.00	0.00	32.28	1.70	33.98
1982	14.53	0.00	9.46	0.65	0.00	0.45	0.00	21.51	0.44	----	----	0.00	0.00	37.14	0.44	37.58
1983	14.04	0.76	12.95	0.67	0.00	0.91	0.00	19.74	0.41	----	----	0.00	0.00	35.36	1.17	36.53
1984	13.70	0.74	11.92	1.04	0.00	0.71	0.00	23.58	0.48	----	----	0.00	0.00	39.03	1.22	40.25
1985	17.09	0.78	9.40	3.14	0.00	0.49	0.00	13.68	0.00	5.96	0.47	0.00	0.00	40.36	1.25	41.61
1986	19.14	1.58	10.20	2.17	0.00	0.05	0.00	23.42	0.48	----	----	0.00	0.00	44.78	2.06	46.84
1987	18.65	1.32	10.29	4.62	0.00	2.48	0.00	14.78	0.68	----	----	0.00	0.00	40.53	2.00	42.53
1988	17.43	0.00	11.67	2.90	0.00	4.55	0.00	15.48	3.17	----	----	0.00	0.00	40.36	3.17	43.53
1989	17.92	0.00	13.25	3.71	0.00	2.81	0.48	15.42	2.49	----	----	0.00	0.00	39.86	2.97	42.83
1990	21.43	0.00	14.18	3.86	0.00	1.87	0.48	27.48	2.39	4.85	0.31	0.00	0.00	59.49	3.18	62.67
1991	28.59	0.00	14.16	3.25	0.00	0.39	3.76	18.54	1.73	2.78	2.95	0.00	0.00	53.55	8.44	61.99
1992	27.01	0.00	11.69	4.34	0.00	0.37	4.27	7.46	4.93	3.00	3.15	0.00	0.00	42.18	12.35	54.53
1993	22.89	2.73	11.63	9.90	0.00	0.14	2.91	6.00	2.30	3.36	2.70	0.00	0.00	42.29	10.64	52.93
1994	21.36	1.28	12.56	5.80	0.00	0.10	4.03	3.47	2.48	3.41	2.74	0.00	0.00	34.14	10.53	44.67
1995	25.21	0.77	10.20	0.67	0.00	0.07	5.05	3.41	0.24	2.98	2.96	0.00	0.00	32.34	9.02	41.36
1996	23.00	1.30	10.66	3.29	0.00	0.09	2.25	5.07	0.84	3.28	3.68	0.00	0.00	34.73	8.07	42.80
1997	24.64	1.01	10.21	4.57	0.00	0.11	1.02	5.26	0.43	4.23	3.32	0.00	0.00	38.81	5.78	44.59
1998	25.15	1.19	10.23	1.25	0.00	0.11	0.66	5.21	0.59	4.27	3.81	0.00	0.00	35.99	6.25	42.24
1999	23.85	1.50	10.89	0.99	0.00	0.29	1.13	5.41	0.68	4.64	3.24	0.00	0.00	35.18	6.55	41.73
2000	27.56	0.85	10.62	0.43	0.00	0.31	0.33	6.88	0.66	4.89	4.07	0.00	0.00	40.07	5.91	45.98
	Public supply transfers represent water withdrawn in DeSoto and Manatee Counties and imported for use in Sarasota 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).