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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 | 5,397.415 |
| 2016 | 5,464.851 |
| 2017 | 5,199.404 |
| 2018 | 5,125.139 |
| 2019 | 5,187.717 |
| 2020 | 4,874.244 |
| 2021 | 4,702.114 |
| 2022 | 5,375.863 |
| 2023 | 5,757.741 |
| 2024 | 6,327.071 |
| 2025 | 5,763.8 |
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.
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