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Annual reported facility withdrawals in million gallons. Withdrawal is not consumption, and the reporting threshold means this is not complete water use.
| Year | Reported withdrawal |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 45.547 |
| 2016 | 53.456 |
| 2017 | 44.213 |
| 2018 | 24.776 |
| 2019 | 52.785 |
| 2020 | 29.607 |
| 2021 | 35.443 |
| 2022 | 32.714 |
| 2023 | 56.244 |
| 2024 | 45.232 |
| 2025 | 38.975 |
Coverage: More than 10,000 gallons/day for any purpose, or 1 million gallons/month for crop irrigation. GW Frac is a recent-five-year facility fraction; it is not used to infer annual groundwater/surface volumes.
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These details come from official state plans and reports. A planning estimate describes what may be needed or supplied, not what was measured today.
These details come from official state plans and reports. A planning estimate describes what may be needed or supplied, not what was measured today.
These details come from official state plans and reports. A planning estimate describes what may be needed or supplied, not what was measured today.
These details come from official state plans and reports. A planning estimate describes what may be needed or supplied, not what was measured today.
Water planning regions
Northern Virginia regional planning contextRegional planning areaWe show a facility only when we can identify it in official public records. Water withdrawn is not the same as water consumed; some may return to a river or aquifer.