| Freshwater withdrawals by category in Sumter 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| Public supply | self-supplied | industrial-mining | self-supplied | irrigation | Power generation | Total freshwater withdrawn | |||||||||||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 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 26.00 | 0.00 | 3.97 | 0.21 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.26 | 0.21 | 31.47 | |
| 1966 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1967 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1968 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1969 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1970 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 18.50 | 0.00 | 4.60 | 0.00 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.10 | 0.00 | 25.10 | |
| 1971 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1972 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1973 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1974 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1975 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 16.06 | 0.00 | 3.98 | 0.17 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 0.17 | 22.17 | |
| 1976 | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | |
| 1977 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.45 | 0.00 | 16.06 | 0.00 | 3.96 | 0.17 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.39 | 0.17 | 22.56 | |
| 1978 | 0.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.57 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 3.94 | 0.20 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.51 | 0.20 | 6.71 | |
| 1979 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 2.32 | 0.00 | 16.53 | 0.83 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.28 | 0.83 | 22.11 | |
| 1980 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.89 | 0.00 | 1.14 | 0.00 | 17.01 | 0.34 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.04 | 0.34 | 21.38 | |
| 1981 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.93 | 0.00 | 10.50 | 0.00 | 19.72 | 0.39 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.25 | 0.39 | 33.64 | |
| 1982 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.39 | 0.00 | 45.00 | 0.00 | 13.64 | 0.28 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 61.55 | 0.28 | 61.83 | |
| 1983 | 1.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.53 | 0.00 | 32.34 | 0.00 | 11.62 | 0.24 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 46.57 | 0.24 | 46.81 | |
| 1984 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.60 | 0.00 | 32.87 | 0.00 | 19.73 | 0.40 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.38 | 0.40 | 56.78 | |
| 1985 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.41 | 0.00 | 57.76 | 0.00 | 16.25 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 78.27 | 0.35 | 78.62 | |
| 1986 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 39.03 | 0.00 | 15.73 | 0.32 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.51 | 0.32 | 58.83 | |
| 1987 | 1.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.29 | 0.00 | 44.70 | 0.00 | 8.47 | 0.26 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.59 | 0.26 | 56.85 | |
| 1988 | 1.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.68 | 0.00 | 82.58 | 0.00 | 5.78 | 0.20 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 93.98 | 0.20 | 94.18 | |
| 1989 | 2.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.83 | 0.00 | 69.89 | 0.00 | 7.40 | 0.38 | ---- | ---- | 0.00 | 0.00 | 83.13 | 0.38 | 83.51 | |
| 1990 | 1.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 60.02 | 0.00 | 7.59 | 0.47 | 0.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 73.13 | 0.47 | 73.60 | |
| 1991 | 2.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 56.85 | 25.05 | 1.84 | 0.33 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.22 | 59.18 | 89.40 | |
| 1992 | 2.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.78 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 64.54 | 27.02 | 1.04 | 0.27 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.13 | 66.10 | 98.23 | |
| 1993 | 2.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.88 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 50.23 | 9.00 | 0.21 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.91 | 50.44 | 64.35 | |
| 1994 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.49 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 30.80 | 6.70 | 0.21 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.07 | 31.01 | 43.08 | |
| 1995 | 2.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 53.39 | 7.76 | 0.20 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.55 | 53.59 | 66.14 | |
| 1996 | 2.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.14 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 26.94 | 8.68 | 0.36 | 1.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.74 | 27.30 | 42.04 | |
| 1997 | 2.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.05 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 23.85 | 9.12 | 0.33 | 1.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.86 | 24.18 | 41.04 | |
| 1998 | 4.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.51 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 35.32 | 9.57 | 0.40 | 1.54 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.92 | 35.93 | 53.85 | |
| 1999 | 4.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.10 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 33.54 | 9.30 | 0.38 | 2.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.14 | 33.92 | 56.06 | |
| 2000 | 4.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.57 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 16.98 | 14.08 | 0.54 | 3.35 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.80 | 17.69 | 44.49 | |
| 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). | |||||||||||||||||