U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 2015 –1230

Version 1.1 January 2016

Prepared in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 

Environmental Protection Division

Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 

and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010
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Front cover. Photo collage of water use and supply. A, Lake Sidney Lanier (Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors 

Bureau). B, Morgan Falls Dam (Alan M. Cressler, U.S. Geological Survey). C, Water tower (Nancy L. Barber, 

U.S. Geological Survey). D, Canada geese, Chattahoochee River (Alan M. Cressler, U.S. Geological Survey). 

E, Center-pivot irrigation, Albany (Alan M. Cressler, U.S. Geological Survey). F, Cooling towers (U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission).
Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 

and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

By Stephen J. Lawrence

Prepared in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 

Environmental Protection Division

Open-File Report 2015–1230

Version 1.1, January 2016

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior

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Contents

Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................................1

Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................2

Purpose and Scope ..............................................................................................................................2

Water Resources in Georgia...............................................................................................................2

Climate in Georgia, 2010.......................................................................................................................7

Changes From Previous Reports........................................................................................................7

Data Sources and Methodology ................................................................................................................9

Self-Supplied Water Use ...................................................................................................................11

Domestic Use..............................................................................................................................11

Commercial and Industrial Use ...............................................................................................11

Mining Use..................................................................................................................................11

Irrigation......................................................................................................................................11

Crop Irrigation ...................................................................................................................11

Golf Course Irrigation.......................................................................................................12

Livestock and Aquaculture ......................................................................................................13

Thermoelectric...........................................................................................................................13

Public-Supplied Water.......................................................................................................................14

Population Served .....................................................................................................................15

Domestic Deliveries...................................................................................................................16

Commercial Deliveries..............................................................................................................16

Industrial Deliveries...................................................................................................................16

Public Use, System Losses, and Transfers............................................................................17

Surface-Water Returns......................................................................................................................17

Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns.............................................18

Water Use and Surface-Water Returns by Major River Basin ...................................................22

Self-Supplied Water Use ..........................................................................................................22

Public-Supplied Water Use......................................................................................................23

Surface-Water Returns.............................................................................................................24

Water Use by Principal Aquifer........................................................................................................25

Self-Supplied Water Use ..........................................................................................................25

Public Supply..............................................................................................................................25

Water Use and Surface-Water Returns by Water-Planning Region .........................................25

Self-Supplied Water Use .........................................................................................................28

Public Supply..............................................................................................................................28

Surface-Water Returns ............................................................................................................28

Water Use and Surface-Water Returns by County ......................................................................29

Self-Supplied Water Use ..........................................................................................................38

Public Supply..............................................................................................................................39

Surface-Water Returns.............................................................................................................39

Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010....................................................................................................................40
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Summary........................................................................................................................................................40

Self-Supplied Water Use ...................................................................................................................40

Public-Supplied Water Use...............................................................................................................42

Surface-Water Return Flows ............................................................................................................42

Water-Use Trends...............................................................................................................................42

References Cited..........................................................................................................................................43

Glossary.........................................................................................................................................................45

Appendix 1. North American Industrial Classification Codes.............................................................46

Appendix 2. Population, Water Withdrawals, and Water Use by Source of Water

for Each County in Georgia, 2010.................................................................................................47

Figures

1. Map showing the State of Georgia showing all 159 counties and select cities ................3

2. Map showing physiographic provinces and area of principal aquifers in Georgia..........4

3. Map showing major river basins and streams in Georgia.....................................................5

4. Map showing water-planning regions in Georgia ..................................................................6

5. Graphs showing the 2010 average monthly precipitation departures 

from normal precipitation by climate division in Georgia......................................................8

6. Schematic diagram of public and self-supplied water withdrawals and 

components of total water use for a typical county in Georgia............................................9

7. Maps showing surface-water and groundwater withdrawals by county

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................19

8. Pie diagrams showing water withdrawals by source and water-use category

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................20

9. Maps showing percentage of total water withdrawals by county and source

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................21

10. Graph showing water-withdrawal trends by water source in Georgia, 1985–2010 ........41

11. Graph showing water-withdrawal trends by water-use category in Georgia, 

1985–2010.....................................................................................................................................41

12. Graph showing surface-water return trends in Georgia, 1985–2010.................................41
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Tables

1. Water-withdrawal, surface-water returns, and water-use data sources 

for Georgia, 2010 .........................................................................................................................10

2. 2010 population, and water withdrawals by source and water-use category 

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................18

3. Permitted commercial and industrial water withdrawals by major 

North American Industrial Classification code in Georgia, 2010........................................21

4. Water withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by water-use category, 

for major river basins in Georgia, 2010....................................................................................22

5. Surface-water returns by water-use category for major river basins 

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................24

6. Groundwater withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by use category 

for the principal aquifers in Georgia, 2010..............................................................................26

7. Water withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by water-use category 

for water-planning regions in Georgia, 2010..........................................................................27

8. Surface-water returns by water-use category for water planning regions 

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................29

9. Water withdrawals, water use, and surface water returns by county 

in Georgia, 2010...........................................................................................................................30

10. Population served and public-supply deliveries by county in Georgia, 2010 ...................34
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Conversion Factors

Inch/Pound to International System of Units

Multiply By To obtain

Length

inch (in.) 2.54 centimeters (cm)

foot (ft) 0.3048 meter (m)

mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km)

Area

acre 4,047 square meter (m2

)

acre 0.4047 hectare (ha)

acre 0.004047 square kilometer (km2

)

square mile (mi2

) 259.0 hectare (ha)

square mile (mi2

) 2.590 square kilometer (km2) 

Volume

gallon (gal) 3.785 liter (L)

gallon (gal) 0.003785 cubic meter (m3

) 

million gallons (Mgal) 3,785 cubic meter (m3

)

cubic foot (ft3

) 0.02832 cubic meter (m3) 

acre-foot (acre-ft) 0.325851 million gallons per day (Mgal/d)

acre-foot (acre-ft) 0.001233 cubic hectometer (hm3

) 

Flow rate

gallon per day (gal/d) 0.003785 cubic meter per day (m3

/d)

million gallons per day (Mgal/d) 0.04381 cubic meter per second (m3

/s)

Datum

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83). 
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Abbreviations

AWUDS Aggregate Water Use Database System

BMPs best management practices

CAFR Comprehensive Annual Financial Audit Report

DMR discharge monitoring report

GaEPD Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division

GaSWCC Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission 

GGCSA Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association 

GIS geographic information system

GWUDS Georgia Water-Use Database System

MNGWPD Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District

NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NWIS National Water Information System

NWUIP National Water Use Information Program

SPI standardized precipitation index

SWUDS Site Specific Water Use Database System

USGS U.S. Geological Survey
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Acknowledgments

This compilation of water use for Georgia in 2010 would not be possible without the assistance 

and data provided by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, local water supply (public 

and private) and water management agencies in Georgia, and the Georgia Power Company. The 

author acknowledges the Georgia Power Company for providing water-use data and patiently 

explaining how a thermoelectric-power generation facility operates. The author also thanks 

Nancy Barber, Kristin Linsey, and Melissa Harris with the U.S. Geological Survey, and Cliff Lewis 

with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division for their thorough review of the manuscript, 

tables, and figures in this report.
Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 

and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

By Stephen J. Lawrence

Abstract 

Water use and water withdrawals and returns in 2010 are 

estimated for each major river basin, principal aquifer, waterplanning region, and county in Georgia using data obtained 

from various Federal and State agencies and local sources. 

Offstream water use in 2010 is estimated for the categories 

of public supply, domestic, commercial, industrial, mining, 

irrigation, livestock, aquaculture, and thermoelectric power. 

Water-use trends for 1985 to 2010 are also shown. 

The period between 2007 and 2010 was a challenging 

time economically and climatologically in Georgia. During 

that period, the United States was in the midst of a major 

recession, resulting in decreases in the manufacturing and 

construction industries and large increases in unemployment. 

During 2007, 2008, and the latter half of 2010, precipitation 

in Georgia was substantially below the 30-year norm.

According to the 2010 Census of Population and Housing, 

nearly 9.7 million people lived in Georgia. The water for about 

85 percent of that population was provided by public water 

suppliers. Estimated total water withdrawals from groundwater and surface-water sources were about 4,670 million 

gallons per day (Mgal/d) in 2010, about a 15-percent reduction 

from 2005 (5,471 Mgal/d). In 2010, thermoelectric-power 

facilities (2,046 Mgal/d) and public-supply uses (1,121 Mgal/d) 

accounted for 68 percent of all water withdrawn in Georgia. 

Surface-water withdrawals were greatest for thermoelectricpower generation (2,043 Mgal/d), whereas irrigation used the 

largest amount of groundwater (599 Mgal/d). Surface water 

provided 78 percent of the 1,121 Mgal/day withdrawn for 

public supply in 2010. Typically, counties in northern Georgia 

withdraw a larger percentage of water from surface water than 

groundwater sources; whereas, counties in the southern part of 

the State withdraw more water from groundwater sources. 

Historically, water withdrawals in Georgia were highest 

in 1980 (6,725 Mgal/d). By 1990, water use had decreased 

by 20 percent to 5,353 Mgal/d, but increased to 6,487 Mgal/d 

in 2000. By 2005, water use had decreased to an estimated 

5,471 Mgal/d, and declined further to 4,670 Mgal/d 

in 2010—a 30-percent decrease since 1980. This decline was 

evident across all water-use categories, but was greatest for 

surface-water withdrawals by thermoelectric-power facilities. 

The estimated total water use per capita in 1985 (total withdrawals for all categories divided by total population) was 

about 850 gallons per day (gal/d), steadily decreasing to about 

798 gal/d in 2000, and decreasing further to 460 gal/d in 

2010. Although water use declined among all use categories 

during that 10-year period, most of the decline in per capita 

water use was caused by the large decrease in water used for 

thermoelectric-power generation.

Throughout 1985–2010 water withdrawn for thermoelectric-power generation has constituted the largest volume 

of offstream water use in Georgia. Total withdrawals for 

thermoelectric-power generation declined about 37 percent 

between 2000 and 2010, mostly due to the decommissioning 

of power plants in the State. Also during this period, several 

power plants were shut down and re-tooled to use natural gaspowered generators; thus, water withdrawals for cooling were 

substantially reduced. 

The decline in water withdrawals and use between 

2005 and 2010 can probably be attributed to several factors 

working together during this period: (1) water conservation 

laws and policies along with advances in water-conservation 

technology; (2) the onset of a major recession in 2007; and 

(3) below average rainfall in 2007, 2008, and the latter half 

of 2010. Because of these factors, water withdrawn by public 

suppliers decreased by 4.8 percent (despite a nearly 11-percent 

increase in population served) and per capita use decreased 

by 19 percent between 2005 and 2010.

About 2,225 Mgal/d of water was returned to Georgia 

streams and lakes in 2010 under the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System program administered by the 

Georgia Environmental Protection Division. This amount is 

about 48 percent of the total water withdrawn from all sources 

in 2010. Water returns declined 39 percent between 1995 and 

2010, mirroring the decline in water withdrawals during that 

period. In addition, land applications of treated wastewater 

increased steadily between 1995 and 2010.
2 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Introduction

Among the natural resources in Georgia, water has the 

greatest potential to affect the future prosperity of Georgia’s 

citizens. Credible knowledge of the quantity of water withdrawn from available water resources and how that water is 

used is necessary for managing the water resources of Georgia. 

The term “water use” is broadly applied to describe the movement of water from its natural source, through its interaction 

with human activities, and its subsequent return to the natural 

environment. This water-use model consists of various components such as (1) water withdrawal; (2) offstream treatment, 

distribution and delivery (including conveyance or system 

losses), and consumptive use; (3) land application of treated 

wastewater; (4) surface-water returns; and (5) instream use 

(such as hydroelectric- power generation). These components 

can be further subdivided into categories such as publicsupplied water, domestic use, commercial use, industrial use, 

mining use, irrigation use (crop and golf course), livestock use 

(including aquaculture), and thermoelectric-power generation.

Estimates of how much water is consumed and no longer 

available for use helps quantify the amount of water available to downstream users. In addition to water withdrawals, 

surface-water returns, and consumptive use, water-use trends 

can provide a basis for estimating future water needs. By 

examining historical water-use patterns and current water-use 

practices, water managers can improve projections of water 

needs and identify management and infrastructure needs. 

To provide estimates of water withdrawal, water use, and 

return flows to surface water needed for water management, 

the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with 

Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental 

Protection Division (GaEPD), developed the Georgia WaterUse Program in 1979 (Fanning, 1985). This ongoing program 

focuses on collecting, compiling, and disseminating water-use 

information for the State. In the past, these data were stored in 

a central database known as the Georgia Water-Use Database 

System (GWUDS) and the Aggregate Water Use Database 

System (AWUDS) maintained by the USGS. For the 2010 

water-use compilation, GWUDS was replaced by the Site 

Specific Water Use Database System (SWUDS), a subsystem 

of the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS). In 

Georgia, SWUDS is maintained at the USGS South Atlantic 

Water Science Center.

 Although water use in Georgia has been estimated since 

1970 (Carter and Johnson, 1974), this report for 2010 is the 

eighth in a bi-decadal series of reports describing water use 

by county in Georgia. Previous reports from the Georgia 

Water-Use Program were published as companions to the 

USGS series “Estimated use of water in the United States” 

and include summaries for 1980 (Pierce and others, 1982), 

1985 (Turlington and others, 1987), 1987 (Trent and others, 

1990), 1990 (Fanning and others, 1992), 1995 (Fanning, 1997),

2000 (Fanning, 2003), and 2005 (Fanning and Trent, 2009). 

This 2010 report is the first report in the series to include 

county summaries of surface-water returns.

Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this report is to present a compilation 

of water withdrawals, surface-water returns (treated and 

untreated water), and water-use estimates for nine water-use 

categories in Georgia during 2010. These categories include 

public supply, domestic, commercial, industrial, mining, 

irrigation (subdivided into crop and golf-course irrigation), 

livestock, aquaculture, and thermoelectric power. Water 

withdrawals for public supply are allocated among the use 

categories of domestic, commercial, and industrial based 

on information about the customer base and water sales of 

public-supply systems. Sales to other public-supply systems 

(for example, public use for services such as recreation and 

fire suppression, and losses in the delivery system) are also 

estimated and compiled. Water-use estimates and water withdrawals and surface-water return flows for each use category 

are reported by major river basin, principal aquifer, waterplanning region, and county in Georgia. Water-use trends 

during 1985–2010 are presented as well. Data are presented in 

tabular form, on maps showing surface-water and groundwater 

withdrawals in each county, and graphs showing 25-year wateruse trends and the 20-year statewide trend in return flows. 

Water Resources in Georgia

The water resources in Georgia consist of 14 major river 

basins and multiple aquifer systems; several of these basins 

and aquifers extend into adjacent States. Climate, geology, 

and landforms control the amount, distribution, and availability of Georgia’s water resources. Georgia is considered a 

‘headwaters’ State, in which the rivers originate in Georgia 

and flow into other States. Eleven of the 14 rivers that originate in Georgia flow into Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, 

or Tennessee. As of 2015, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama 

are involved in litigation regarding the amount and distribution of surface water withdrawn from the Apalachicola–

Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin.

Georgia encompasses parts of 5 physiographic provinces, 

8 principal aquifers, 14 major river basins, 11 water-planning 

regions, and 159 counties (figs. 1– 4). The physiographic 

provinces are the Southern Valley and Ridge, Appalachian 

Plateau, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont in north Georgia, and 

the Coastal Plain in south Georgia (fig. 2). The major 

aquifers in Georgia include the Claiborne aquifer, Clayton 

aquifer, Cretaceous aquifer system, crystalline-rock aquifers, 

Floridan aquifer system, Brunswick aquifer, and Paleozoicrock aquifers (fig. 2). The major river basins in Georgia are 

the Savannah, Ogeecheee, Oconee, Ocmulgee, Altamaha, 

Satilla and St. Mary’s, Suwannee and Aucila, Ochlockonee, 

Apalachicola, Coosa and Tallapoosa, and Tennessee (fig. 3). 

To facilitate water planning in Georgia, the Georgia Statewide Water Plan, identified 11 water-planning regions, 

each consisting of 9 to 20 counties (Georgia Environmental 

Protection Division, 2008; fig. 4).
Introduction 3

WARE

CLINCH

LEE

CAMDEN

WAYNE

LAURENS

HALL

GLYNN

EARLY

FLOYD

WORTH COFFEE

CHARLTON

TROUP

TIFT

WILKES

HARRIS

IRWIN

COBB

JONES

POLK

SUMTER

DOOLY

GILMER

BIBB

COLQUITT

MACON

TELFAIR

RABUN

WALKER

FANNIN

BAKER

ECHOLS

PIKE

HART

UPSON

CRISP

GORDON

MILLER

BULLOCH

LIBERTY

EMANUEL

LONG

DODGE

SCREVEN

FULTON

BRYAN

GRADY THOMAS DECATUR

CHATHAM

APPLING

BROOKS

MCINTOSH

BARTOW

CARROLL

MITCHELL

BERRIEN

UNION

COWETA

TALBOT

LOWNDES

WASHINGTON

TATTNALL WILCOX

ELBERT

GREENE

JASPER

HANCOCK

STEWART

TAYLOR

HENRY

PIERCE

MARION

TWIGGS

JEFFERSON

MONROE

HEARD

TOOMBS

PUTNAM

BRANTLEY

JENKINS

CLAY

EFFINGHAM

GWINNETT

WILKINSON

BACON

MURRAY

COOK

MORGAN

RANDOLPH

CHEROKEE

WALTON

HOUSTON

WHITE

TERRELL

MERIWETHER

JACKSON

TURNER

BANKS

DEKALB

ATKINSON

WARREN

LUMPKIN

OGLETHORPE NEWTON

JOHNSON

DADE

PAULDING

MADISON

WHEELER

RICHMOND

LINCOLN

PULASKI

JEFF DAVIS

BALDWIN

COLUMBIA

CALHOUN

BUTTS

BEN HILL

CRAWFORD

LANIER

EVANS

WHITFIELD

FRANKLIN

LAMAR

PICKENS

DOUGHERTY

CANDLER

FORSYTH

MCDUFFIE

HARALSON

SEMINOLE

CHATTOOGA

DAWSON

TOWNS

FAYETTE

HABERSHAM

PEACH

OCONEE

WEBSTER

BLECKLEY

SCHLEY

DOUGLAS

SPALDING

TREUTLEN

BARROW

QUITMAN

STEPHENS

CATOOSA

MONTGOMERY

TALIAFERRO

CLAYTON

GLASCOCK

ROCKDALE

BURKE

MUSCOGEE

CLARKE

CHATTAHOOCHEE

GEORGIA

83°

81°

82°

85° 84°

35°

34°

33°

32°

31°

Valdosta

Brunswick

LaGrange

St. Marys

Macon

Rome

Gainesville

Buford

Helen

Augusta

Savannah

Atlanta

Bainbridge

Athens

Columbus

80 MILES

60 80 KILOMETERS

0 20 40 60

0 20 40

Figure 1. The State of Georgia showing all 159 counties and select cities.

Base modified from 

U.S. Geological Survey 

1:5,000,000-scale

digital data 

Figure 1. The State of Georgia showing all 159 counties and select cities.
4 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Augusta

Base modified from 

U.S. Geological Survey 

1:5,000,000-scale

digital data 

0 20 40 60 MILES

0 20 40 60 KILOMETERS

Figure 2. Physiographic provinces and area of the principal aquifers in Georgia (modified from Peck and others, 2013).

32°

31°

81°

82°

33°

34°

35°

83°

85° 84°

Piedmont

Coastal Plain

Blue Ridge

Appalachian Plateau

S. Valley and Ridge

Coastal Plain

Blue Ridge

Piedmont

Appalachian Plateau

S. Valley and Ridge

Physiographic Provinces

Claiborne and Clayton aquifers 

Cretaceous aquifer system

EXPLANATION

Crystalline-rock aquifers

Paleozoic-rock aquifer

Floridan aquifer system 

Brunswick aquifer system (inferred)

Principal aquifers

Macon

Atlanta

Columbus

Albany

Brunswick

Savannah

Figure 2. Physiographic provinces and area of principal aquifers in Georgia (modified from Peck and others, 2013).
Introduction 5

81°

82°

83°

85° 84°

34°

33°

32°

35°

31°

Chattooga R

Lake 

Sidney

Lanier

Alcovy River

Yellow River

J Strom 

 Thurmond

 Reservoir

Chattahoochee River

Coosa River

Allatoona Lake

Chest atee R

Ogeechee Riv e r

Oho opee River

Ocmulgee

River

Savannah River

Flint River

Oconee R

Spring Creek

Chattahoochee River

Little River

Satilla R

Al a paha River

Flint River Lake

Seminole Ochlocko nee R

Suwannee River

Altamaha

River

Hartwell Lake

Figure 3. Major river basins and streams in Georgia.

West Point

Lake

Oostanaula R

River Basin

EXPLANATION

Apalachicola

Altamaha-Satilla-St. Marys

Coosa-Tallapoosa

Ochlockonee-Aucila

Ocmulgee-Oconee

Savannah-Ogeechee

Suwannee

Tennessee

Base modified from 

U.S. Geological Survey 

1:5,000,000-scale

digital data 

0 20 40 60 MILES

0 20 40 60 KILOMETERS

Figure 3. Major river basins and streams in Georgia.
6 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

81°

82°

83°

85° 84°

35°

34°

33°

32°

31°

Coosa–North Georgia

Metro North

Georgia Water

Planning

Middle Chattahoochee

District Savannah–Upper Ogeechee

Upper Oconee

Middle 

Ocmulgee

Upper

Flint

Altamaha

Lower Flint– 

Ochlockonee

Suwannee–Satilla

Coastal

Georgia

Figure 4. Water planning regions in Georgia

Base modified from

U.S. Geological Survey

1:5,000,000-scale

digital data

0 20 40 60 MILES

0 20 40 60 KILOMETERS

Figure 4. Water-planning regions in Georgia.
Introduction 7

Georgia is a “headwaters” State, with most of the rivers 

beginning as springs or small streams in northern Georgia 

and flowing generally southward into southern Georgia 

and Florida. In north-central Georgia, however, streams in 

the Tennessee River Basin flow northward into southern 

Tennessee. In addition, streams in the Coosa and Tallapoosa 

Basins (in northwestern Georgia) flow southwest into northeastern Alabama.

 In northern Georgia, surface water from reservoirs or 

reservoir-augmented streamflow is the primary source of 

water; groundwater availability is limited in northern Georgia 

because storage capacity is typically low in the underlying 

fractured crystalline- and Paleozoic-rock aquifers. Most of 

the groundwater withdrawn in Georgia happens in southern 

Georgia, where aquifers, such as the Upper Floridan aquifer, 

are highly productive.

Climate in Georgia, 2010

The climate of northern Georgia typically is slightly 

wetter than that of southern Georgia. The long-term 

average annual rainfall (1925–2010) is 51.7 inches (in.) 

for northern Georgia (north of the Fall Line and 48.7 in. 

for southern Georgia (National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, 2014). A monthly standardized precipitation 

index (SPI) was utilized to identify 2010 average monthly 

precipitation departures from the 30-year monthly normal 

precipitation across Georgia (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2011). The SPI is an index based on 

the probability of recording a given amount of precipitation, 

and the probabilities are standardized so that an index of zero 

indicates the median (normal) precipitation amount (half of 

the historical precipitation amounts are below the median 

and half are above). The index is negative for dry conditions 

and positive for wet conditions. As the dry or wet conditions 

become more severe, the index becomes more negative or 

more positive, respectively. 

Following the record amounts of precipitation in the 

third and fourth quarters of 2009, above normal precipitation 

continued into the first half of 2010 (fig. 5). Beginning in 

July 2010, precipitation was below normal with most areas 

of Georgia considered dry according to the monthly SPI. By 

December, north Georgia was moderately dry (nearly 2 in. 

below the 30-year monthly normal precipitation), whereas 

south Georgia was very dry to extremely dry (3 to nearly 

4 in. below the 30-year monthly average precipitation; fig. 5). 

The lack of rainfall in south Georgia, especially during the 

growing season, resulted in increased crop irrigation and 

livestock water use. In the urban areas of Georgia, however, 

increases in water use were tempered by outdoor watering 

restrictions in place since 2007.

Changes From Previous Reports

Consumptive use and hydroelectric power generation 

were presented in previous reports from the Georgia WaterUse Program, but are not provided in this report; however, 

return flows to surface water are included. Estimates of 

consumptive use are not included in this report because 

water conservation laws and policies along with advances in 

water-conservation technology have changed the way water 

is used and reused in Georgia. As a result, the consumptive-use coefficients given in previous water-use reports 

for Georgia may not be appropriate for 2010. Research is 

currently needed to develop more accurate consumptive-use 

coefficients for the domestic, commercial, and industrial 

categories. In addition, the amount of water used to generate 

hydroelectric power could not be obtained from all hydroelectric facilities; therefore, this category is not included in 

this 2010 report. 
8 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Very dry

Moderately dry

Near normal

Moderately wet

Extremely dry

Very wet

Dry

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Data Sources and Methodology 9

Data Sources and Methodology 

A generalized snapshot of water use for a typical county 

in Georgia and outlines for the types of data acquired and 

used to summarize water use in Georgia for 2010 are shown 

in figure 6. A variety of Federal, State, local, private, and 

online sources were used to gather surface-water and groundwater withdrawal, surface-water return flows, and water-use 

data for 2010 (table 1). Permitted withdrawal data for selfsupplied commercial, industrial, mining, and thermoelectric 

power uses and public water suppliers were obtained from 

GaEPD’s nonfarm withdrawal permit program. Georgia law 

(the Georgia Groundwater Use Act [OCGA 12–5–90] and 

the Georgia Water Supply Act [OCGA 12–5–170]) requires a 

withdrawal permit for any city, industry, or other water user 

that withdraws more than 100,000 gallons per day (gal/d; 

Figure 6. Schematic diagram of public and self-supplied water withdrawals and components of 

total water use for a typical county in Georgia. 

Water available for 

public distribution

Withdrawals for 

public supply

Purchased 

water

Water sold to 

wholesale 

customers

Deliveries

Domestic 

uses

Commercial

uses

Industrial 

uses

Public

uses

Public-supply 

losses

Municipal buildings

and golf courses

Public safety

Parks

Recreation centers

Wastewater treatment

Pipe leaks and breaks

Fire suppression

Unauthorized usage Self-supplied surface-water and 

groundwater withdrawals

Total water use

Mining

use

Irrigation

use

Livestock and 

aquaculture

uses

Thermoelectricpower

use

Surface-water returns

Consumptive use

Groundwater Surface water 

Figure 6. Schematic diagram of public and self-supplied water withdrawals and components of 

total water use for a typical county in Georgia.

monthly average) and to report monthly withdrawals to the 

GaEPD each year.

Surface-water return flow data were obtained from 

discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) supplied by GaEPD. 

The GaEPD administers the National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) program in Georgia which 

requires that all wastewater or other water discharges 

with the potential to carry pollutants to surface water 

must be permitted regardless of the volume discharged 

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2014). All NPDES 

permit holders are required to report monthly surface-water 

discharges to the GaEPD. All reported and estimated withdrawal, public-supplied wholesale water sales, and surfacewater return data for 2010 were entered into the USGS 

SWUDS before the data were analyzed and summarized 

for this report.
10 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Table 1. Water-withdrawal, surface-water returns, and water-use data sources for Georgia, 2010.

[GaEPD, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Watershed Protection Branch; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey]

Water-use category Type of data Data source

Public supply Reported groundwater and surface-water 

withdrawals by permitted users

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

groundwater and surface-water permitting units

Population served, wholesale and retail water sales, 

and wholesale purchases

Mail survey to operators of municipal water systems

Total number of accounts; in some cases number 

of residential, commercial, and industrial accounts and amount of water billed

City and County 2010/2011 Comprehensive Financial 

Audit reports

Primarily water service area and zoning maps City and County Comprehensive Planning documents, 

maps, and Web pages

Population served by small public suppliers 

(subdivisions and mobile home parks)

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

Drinking Water permit unit

Domestic County, city, and census block populations, 

average household size, and housing unit 

occupancy percentage

U.S. Census Bureau (2011a, 2011b, 2011c)

Commercial Reported groundwater and surface-water 

withdrawals by permitted users

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

groundwater and surface-water permitting units

Industrial Reported groundwater and surface-water 

withdrawals by permitted users

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

groundwater and surface-water permitting units

Mining Reported groundwater and surface-water 

withdrawals by permitted users

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

groundwater and surface-water permitting units

Withdrawal estimates by county John Lovelace, USGS, written commun., 2011 (estimated 

from USGS Minerals Information Team data)

Livestock and 

aquaculture

Livestock water-use estimates by county, waterplanning region, and 8-digit hydrologic unitGeorgia State Water Plan (Georgia Environmental 

Protection Division, 2008); Masters (2009)

Irrigation—Crops Withdrawal estimates and irrigated acreage 

by county

Georgia State-Wide Water Plan (Georgia Environmental 

Protection Division, 2008); Hook (2010)

Metered agricultural withdrawals and estimated 

withdrawals in non-metered counties in 

south Georgia

Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission; 

USGS; Torak and Painter (2011)

Irrigation—Golf 

courses

Reported groundwater and surface-water 

withdrawals by permitted users

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

groundwater and surface-water permitting units

Acreage, water application rates Georgia State-Wide Water Plan (Georgia Environmental 

Protection Division, 2008); Lewis (2010)

Thermoelectric 

power 

Reported groundwater and surface-water 

withdrawals by permitted users

GaEPD Drinking Water and Water Withdrawal Program, 

groundwater and surface-water permitting units, The 

Georgia Power Company; U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (2011) annual electric generator report (form 

EIA-923; U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2011)

Surface-water 

return flows

Reported surface-water discharges by 

permitted users

GaEPD Drinking and Wastewater Regulatory Program, 

Municipal and Industrial permitting units
Data Sources and Methodology 11

Because water withdrawals, surface-water returns, and 

water use in any given county or public– supply system 

commonly occur from and in more than one river basin, 

aquifer, or county, those amounts had to be apportioned 

among the appropriate river basins, aquifers, or counties. This 

apportionment was especially crucial for computing publicsupply deliveries to domestic, commercial, and industrial 

customers; and for self-supplied domestic use, crop irrigation, 

and livestock use. A geographic information system (GIS) 

was used to spatially locate water intakes (surface-water 

withdrawal points) and outfalls (surface-water return points), 

groundwater wells, public-supply water service areas, irrigated 

acres, and livestock use within river basins. The percentage 

of water withdrawals from the various aquifers in Georgia 

was determined using location information on withdrawal and 

agricultural permits, lithology at the well using drillers logs 

and borehole geophysics, and aquifer tests (Lester Williams, 

Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, written comm., 2013). 

A GIS coverage was created using these data and known 

locations and depths of the principal aquifers. 

Self-Supplied Water Use

Self-supplied water is surface water or groundwater that 

is withdrawn, treated (drinking water use), and used onsite 

within a facility. Many self-supplied commercial, industrial, 

mining, and thermoelectric power facilities hold surface-water 

or groundwater (or both) withdrawal permits.

Domestic Use

Self-supplied groundwater withdrawals for domestic uses 

are commonly less than 100,000 gal/d and typically occur at 

individual dwellings in rural or semi-rural areas where access 

to public-supplied water is limited or non-existent. Surface 

water is generally not a source for self-supplied domestic 

uses in Georgia. The amount of water withdrawn and used for 

domestic purposes was calculated as the self-supplied population multiplied by a per capita coefficient of 75 gallons per day 

(gal/d) per person. The self-supplied domestic population was 

computed as the difference between the total population and 

the public-supplied population. 

Commercial and Industrial Use

The 2010 annual and monthly withdrawal amounts for 

large self-supplied commercial and industrial establishments 

were reported to GaEPD (table 1) and provided to USGS for 

this report. Small, self-supplied commercial establishments 

such as campgrounds, marinas, State or county parks, restaurants, convenience stores, recreation areas, and recreational 

vehicle parks do not withdraw enough water to require a 

withdrawal permit, but do have drinking water permits and 

withdraw and treat water for drinking and other indoor or 

outdoor uses. Water use by these small commercial establishments are not included in the 2010 estimates because the 

amount of water withdrawn and used could not be determined. 

Omitting those data in this report will likely have little effect 

on the water withdrawal and use estimates because these small 

establishments use relatively small amounts of water.

Mining Use

The majority of water withdrawn during mining operations is used for the extraction of minerals, quarrying, milling, 

and other typical preparations at a mine site. Granite, kaolin, 

fuller’s earth, marble, and sand and gravel are mined extensively in the State, but these mining operations do not require 

large quantities of water. Although large amounts of water 

may be pumped to dewater mine pits and quarries, this water 

is not withdrawn for a beneficial use and is not included in 

the mining water-use estimates, but is included as a surfacewater return if the water is discharged to surface water. Kaolin 

and fuller’s earth operations use large amounts of water to 

transport and process the clay after extraction. Although 

some mining operations (especially kaolin and fuller’s earth) 

had water withdrawal permits that indicated they withdrew 

more than 100,000 gal/d, these withdrawals were included in 

the industrial-use category rather than the mining category 

because the water is not used in the extraction of the clay, but 

in the processing of it.

The 2010 water-use estimates for mining operations that 

withdrew less than 100,000 gal/d, which is the threshold for a 

withdrawal permit, were provided for each Georgia county by 

the USGS National Water Use Program (Lovelace, 2009a). A 

detailed description of the methods used for estimating water 

use during mining operations are given in Lovelace (2009a). 

Mine production data were used with a water-use coefficient to 

compute water use for mining in Georgia. Water-use coefficients 

for specific minerals are not presented in this 2010 water-use 

compilation to avoid potential disclosure of confidential production data provided by mining operations to the USGS.

Irrigation

Surface-water and groundwater withdrawals for crop and 

golf course irrigation in 2010 were estimated using a variety of 

data sources (table 1). A few public suppliers provided metered 

irrigation usage data on the 2010 water-use questionnaire.

Crop Irrigation

Two different datasets were used to estimate crop 

irrigation: (1) modeled estimates for north Georgia and nonmetered irrigation in some parts of south Georgia computed 

by the GaEPD for the Georgia Statewide Water Plan, and 

(2) metered data in south Georgia supplied by the Georgia 
12 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Soil and Water Conservation Commission (GaSWCC). The 

modeled estimates used for north Georgia and unmetered irrigated fields were those forecasted for 2011 because estimates 

for 2010 were not available.

Detailed methods used to estimate crop irrigation forecasts (irrigated acres, amount of water applied, and irrigation 

type such as center pivot, drip, and micro for the Georgia 

Statewide Water Plan (Georgia Environmental Protection 

Division, 2008) and links to datasets are available (Georgia 

Environmental Protection Division, 2010). Crop irrigation 

water use for the Georgia Statewide Water Plan was computed 

for average, above average, and below average precipitation 

during the growing season. Because most of the 2010 growing 

season in Georgia was dry to very dry, a mean of the estimated 

crop irrigation use for below-average and average precipitation conditions was computed for this 2010 water-use report.

For the Georgia Statewide Water Plan, withdrawal 

quantities for non-metered irrigation were computed for each 

county or drainage area as the product of three values: 

• Projected irrigated area for a crop, in acres. 

• Predicted monthly irrigation application depth, 

in inches. 

• Proportion of irrigation water derived from a source.

The annualized withdrawal for each county, in million 

gallons per day, was the product of total acres irrigated and 

the total amount of water applied, in inches, converted to 

million gallons and divided by 365 days. Initial irrigated 

areas were measured on 2007–8 aerial imagery by the 

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GaDNR; GaDNR 

Agricultural Lands, Danna Betts, Georgia Department of 

Natural Resources, written commun., May 2012) using 

fields that had been identified as irrigated and were assumed 

to represent irrigated areas in 2010; this identification was 

facilitiated by interviewing farmers, estimates by the GaEPD 

Agriculture Water Permitting Unit, data and ground-truthing 

by the GaSWCC Agriculture Meter Program, and estimates 

by University of Georgia Agricultural Water Demand GIS. 

Estimates of metered and unmetered crop irrigation 

in south Georgia were based on geostatistical modeling of 

metered groundwater pumping data supplied by the GaSWCC 

(Torak and Painter, 2011). Datasets were created containing a 

meter identification number, acres associated with each meter, 

annually reported withdrawals (acre-inches converted to 

million gallons per day) supplied by the GaSWCC, and water 

source (groundwater, surface water, well-to-pond). Irrigated 

acres were assigned to a meter using acreages determined for 

the Georgia Statewide Water Plan and 2010 aerial imagery 

(GaDNR Agricultural Lands, Danna Betts, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, written commun., May 2010). 

Metered data were not used if a meter was not assigned an 

acreage, or if irrigation depth was less than 2 in. (field not 

irrigated) or greater than 62 in. (malfunctioning meter or 

rollback was occurring). Rollback occurs when pumping ends, 

water in the pipes reverses and returns to the well, then spins 

the meter impeller and continues to increment the amount 

recorded during pumping. 

Three statistical regions were identified in south Georgia. 

The metered usage within each of these regions was used to 

develop a geostatistical model from which to compute irrigation depth over the region. When the geostatistical models 

were completed, irrigation depths for unmetered fields were 

computed using the model to spatially interpolate irrigation 

depth. The model outputs were brought into a GIS for linkage 

to agricultural fields. Within the GIS, the centroid for each field 

polygon was determined and used as a feature to represent each 

unmetered field. The estimated irrigation depths from the model

were assigned to each field centroid. Irrigation demand in 

acre-inches was computed by multiplying irrigated acres by 

irrigation depth. Irrigation usage for fields that were not 

assigned to a meter represented the unmetered irrigation 

demand. Irrigation demand in acre-inches was converted to 

million gallons per day using a conversion factor and dividing 

by 365 to annualize the demand. Hot-spot, cluster, and outlier 

analyses were used to identify erroneous or incomplete data and 

data that represented different populations of metered usage. 

Golf Course Irrigation

Surface-water and groundwater withdrawals for golf 

course irrigation in 2010 were estimated using data from 

two sources: (1) agricultural water withdrawal permits and 

(2) nonfarm withdrawal permits, both managed by the GaEPD. 

Under the Georgia Groundwater Use Act, the definition of 

farm use includes the statement “the irrigation of recreational 

turf, except in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Glynn counties.” In addition, the 1988 amendments to the Georgia Water 

Quality Control Act state that the irrigation of recreational turf 

in the Chattahoochee River Basin above the Peachtree Creek 

confluence is not a farm use. Thus, in those areas where the 

irrigation of recreational turf is considered a nonfarm use, 

water withdrawals greater than 100,000 gal/d are permitted 

under Georgia’s nonfarm water withdrawal permit program.

The GaEPD partnered with the Georgia Golf Course 

Superintendents Association (GGCSA) and a University 

of Georgia researcher to estimate irrigation demand at golf 

courses for the Georgia Statewide Water Plan. Golf course 

irrigation demand was computed using the acres listed on agricultural water withdrawal permits and annual irrigation depths 

determined for well-managed golf courses that were supplied 

by Dr. Clint Waltz (University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, 

written commun., 2010). Using these data, golf course irrigation demand was computed for above-average, average, and 

below-average rainfall conditions (Lewis, 2010). 

According to Lewis (2010), assumptions were made to 

estimate water use on agricultural permitted golf courses in 
Data Sources and Methodology 13

Georgia. Permitted acreages for golf courses in Georgia were 

obtained from the GaEPD agricultural permit database. These 

permitted acreages represent the most reliable source of irrigated acreage currently available to GaEPD. No comparison 

was made between area permitted and as-installed area of 

tees, greens, fairways, and other irrigated landscapes within 

those golf courses. 

The recommended irrigation depth for turfgrass is 1 in. 

per week without rainfall (Clint Waltz, University of Georgia, 

Griffin, Georgia, written commun., 2008). Because Georgia 

has a 30-week growing season (April 1 to October 31), 30 in. 

of water is the recommended golf course irrigation rate in 

Georgia for a dry year (Clint Waltz, University of Georgia, 

Griffin, Georgia, written commun., 2008). The average irrigation depth reported in GGCSA best management practices 

(BMPs) program was 14.06 in. per year for 2004 to 2007 

(Clint Waltz, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, written 

commun., 2008). This average depth of 14.06 in. was considered the amount of water needed to irrigate golf courses in an 

average rainfall year. For each GaEPD agricultural permitted 

golf course, 14.06 in. was multiplied by the permitted acreage 

to determine the amount of water needed to irrigate golf 

courses in an average rainfall year. Likewise, the amount of 

water needed to irrigate golf courses in a year without rainfall 

was calculated by multiplying the total number of permitted 

acreage by 30 in. The irrigated water in acre-inches was 

converted to million gallons and divided by 365 to annualize 

the water use in terms of million gallons per day. Because the 

growing season in 2010 was dry, a mean of the estimated golf 

irrigation use for below-average and average precipitation 

conditions was computed for this 2010 water-use report.

Golf course irrigation in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, 

and Glynn Counties and in the Chattahoochee River Basin 

above Peachtree Creek, is not considered a farm use and 

water withdrawals are permitted under the GaEPD nonfarm 

(municipal/industrial) permitting program. Under this permit 

program, 52 golf courses were permitted to withdraw water 

in 2010. The reported 2010 withdrawals for these golf 

courses were summed by county, river basin, water-planning 

region, and major aquifer and added to the estimates from 

the agricultural permitting program as described above. 

Estimates of golf course irrigation in each major river basin 

were computed by disaggregating the golf course irrigation 

in a county by the proportion of golf courses in a river basin 

within the county.

Livestock and Aquaculture

The water-use estimates for the livestock category 

were supplied by Mark Masters, Albany State University, 

Flint River Water Policy Center for the Georgia Statewide 

Water Plan (Georgia Environmental Protection Division, 

2008; Masters, 2010). The most current data on the amount 

of water used for each livestock category in gallons per day 

per head were compiled in 2008; whereas animal census data 

by county were obtained from the 2011 Farm Gate report for 

2010 (University of Georgia, 2011). The total daily water use 

for each livestock category was computed by multiplying 

the estimated daily water use per animal by the number 

of animals. This daily water use was multiplied by 365 to 

annualize the water use and then converted to million gallons 

per day. The annual livestock use for each county, river basin, 

water-planning region, and major aquifer was the sum of the 

annual water use for each livestock category. Estimates of 

livestock water use for each major river basin were computed 

by disaggregating the livestock water use in a county by the 

proportion of livestock in a river basin within the county.

In 2010, catfish and trout production were the predominant aquaculture enterprises in Georgia (University of 

Georgia, 2011). The 2010 water-use estimates for aquaculture in each Georgia county were computed by the USGS 

National Water Use Information Program (NWUIP). A 

detailed description of the methods used for commercial and 

non-commercial aquaculture operations are given in Lovelace 

(2009b), in which county-level data on the number of farms 

using particular sources of water (groundwater, surface water, 

and so forth), pond acreage, the number of raceways and 

raceway flow rates, and the number of recirculating and nonrecirculating tanks and their volumes were obtained from the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS; U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2009). Estimates of aquaculture water 

use for each major river basin were computed by first plotting 

known aquaculture operations in GIS, then disaggregating the 

aquaculture water use in a county by the proportion of aquaculture operations in a river basin within the county.

Thermoelectric

Most of the water withdrawn for thermoelectric-power 

generation is used for cooling. Twenty-one thermoelectric 

power facilities (19 in Georgia, 1 each in Alabama and South 

Carolina with intakes in Georgia) were permitted to withdraw 

water in 2010. Of the 21 facilities, 15 use fossil fuels (such 

as oil, coal, or natural gas), 4 use biomass (wood waste), and 

2 use nuclear energy to generate electricity. The 2010 water 

withdrawal data for thermoelectric facilities in Georgia were 

obtained from three sources (table 1): (1) the Georgia Power 

Company provided monthly surface-water, water discharge, 

and consumptive use data for the thermoelectric facilities they 

own or operate; (2) permitted groundwater withdrawals were 

provided by the GaEPD under their groundwater withdrawal 

permit program; and (3) water withdrawal data for small, 

independent facilities were obtained from the U.S. Energy 

Information Administration’s (2011) annual electric generator 

report (form EIA–923) database as reported by facility operators (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2011).
14 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Public-Supplied Water

Public-supplied water is withdrawn, treated, and delivered 

to domestic (residential), commercial, and industrial customers 

by public water suppliers. Any water supplier (municipal or 

private entity) that regularly serves at least 25 people or has at 

least 15 water connections is considered a public water system 

under Georgia law (OCGA 12–5–172–11). This definition 

includes large municipal, private, county, and small community water systems. 

Small community water systems commonly withdraw 

less than 100,000 gal/d (monthly average) of water and 

typically are not required to obtain a withdrawal permit, but 

may be required to obtain a permit or certificate of use to 

deliver drinking water to customers. Small community water 

systems include incorporated and unincorporated towns and 

cities, subdivisions, mobile home parks, and apartment or 

condominium complexes.

Compiling the public-supplied water use for 2010 was a 

multitiered effort. Surface-water and groundwater withdrawals 

were summarized for permitted public water suppliers by 

county using data reported to the GaEPD under their nonfarm 

permit program (table 1). A list of entities with a drinking 

water permit under the GaEPD Drinking Water Program was 

used to identify small community water systems that withdraw 

less than 100,000 gal/d (monthly average threshold) from 

surface-water or groundwater sources. 

Small-community water systems and small commercial 

establishments that typically withdraw less than 100,000 gal/d 

(monthly average) of water are not required to obtain a withdrawal permit, but may be required to obtain a drinking water 

permit from the GaEPD under the Georgia Safe Drinking 

Water Act of 1977 (OCGA 12–5–70). Small community water 

systems include incorporated and unincorporated towns and 

cities, subdivisions, mobile home parks, and apartment or 

condominium complexes. Small commercial establishments 

include campgrounds, marinas, parks, restaurants, convenience stores, recreation areas, and recreational vehicle parks. 

In 2011, the GaEPD sent a water-use questionnaire to 

most of the public water suppliers in Georgia. All public water 

suppliers with withdrawal permits were surveyed. Many of the 

public water suppliers that withdraw a monthly average of less 

than 100,000 gal/d, but are permitted under the drinking water 

program were also surveyed. The questionnaire requested the 

following information for the 2010 calendar year:

• Amount of water withdrawn

• Amount of water purchased, if any, and the entity 

selling the water 

• Total number of service connections

• Population served

• Amount of water or percentage of water delivered and 

number of connections for customers in the residential, 

commercial, industrial, and non-revenue categories.

• Amount of water sold and names of wholesale 

customers

• Three largest industrial customers and the amount 

of water delivered to each customer 

Information on deliveries to customer groups and 

on wholesale sales was obtained from the 2010 wateruse questionnaires and a variety of other public sources 

(table 1). About 21 percent of the water-use questionnaires 

were returned; many of the largest public water suppliers 

did not return a questionnaire. In order to acquire water-use 

information for those water suppliers that did not return a 

questionnaire, a number of different sources of information 

(table 1) were investigated using the following sequence:

• Statistical section of 2010 –11 Comprehensive Annual 

Financial Audit Reports (CAFR) for total customers 

and amount of water billed to residential, commercial, 

industrial, and public customers (municipal buildings, 

parks and so forth).

• Comprehensive Planning Documents for service area 

maps, number of customers for 2010, if available, 

and proportion of residential, commercial, and industrial customers.

• Public-supplier internet Web sites for total customers 

and service area.

• 2005 water-use survey by the GaEPD (proportion of 

residential, commercial, and industrial customers).

• Internet business directories and Google Earth® for 

the number of commercial and industrial businesses 

within a service area, omitting those with a water 

withdrawal permit.

• 2010 census-block population and housing data 

for the population within a service area boundary 

(U.S. Census Bureau, 2011b, 2011c).

Surface-water and groundwater withdrawals were estimated for small community water systems that did not return 

a questionnaire. The population served by small community 

systems was provided by the GaEPD, but the populations 

served by the largest small community systems were checked 

against the 2010 census block data (U.S. Census Bureau, 

2011b, 2011c) for Georgia using GIS. Water withdrawals were 

estimated using population served times a water-use coefficient of 75 gal/d per person plus 5 percent for distribution 

losses. The 5 percent distribution loss acknowledges that all 

distribution systems leak in proportion to the length of watersupply pipeage (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009) 
Data Sources and Methodology 15

and that the extent of water-supply pipeage for small community water systems is short, typically less than 5 miles long. 

The per capita water use was derived from USGS surveys in 

1983 of self-supplied domestic users near Athens, Georgia 

(Julia Fanning, U.S. Geological Survey, written commun., 

1983). Among 86 public water suppliers who returned the 

2010 water use questionnaire, the median domestic per capita 

use was 76 gal/d. Moreover, the Metropolitan North Georgia 

Water Planning District (2011) listed the 2009 per capita water 

use as 61 gal/d. 

Several public-supply systems convey water withdrawn 

from a river or stream to a storage reservoir from which water 

is withdrawn for treatment and distribution. The reservoir may 

be used only when streamflow is too low to support direct 

withdrawals, or may always be used as the direct source for 

the treatment plant. In some instances, water is withdrawn 

from a river or stream in one county and conveyed to a 

reservoir in a different county. When the withdrawal point 

and storage reservoir were within the same county, only water 

withdrawn from the reservoir was counted as a withdrawal 

for this compilation; however, when the withdrawal point 

and storage reservoir were located in different counties, the 

amount withdrawn from each county was computed in the 

following way.

• If the amount of water withdrawn from the reservoir 

was less than the amount conveyed from the river 

or stream for a given month, then the amount withdrawn from the reservoir was attributed to the county 

where the withdrawal point was located on the river 

or stream. 

◦ For example, if 5 Mgal/d of water was withdrawn 

from the Ocmulgee River in Bibb County and 

conveyed to Town Creek Reservoir in Jones County 

from which 2 Mgal/d was withdrawn for treatment 

and distribution, then the 5 Mgal/d was counted 

as a withdrawal from the Ocmulgee River 

in Bibb County.

• If the water withdrawn from the reservoir exceeded 

the amount conveyed from the river or stream, then 

the difference was attributed to the county where the 

reservoir was located and the remainder attributed to 

the county where the conveyance from the river or 

stream occurred. 

◦ For example, if 5 Mgal/d of water was withdrawn 

from the Ocmulgee River in Bibb County and 

conveyed to Town Creek Reservoir in Jones County 

from which 8 Mgal/d was withdrawn for treatment 

and distribution, then 3 Mgal/d was counted as 

a withdrawal from Jones County and 5 Mgal/d 

counted as a withdrawal from Bibb County.

Population Served

The population served by public suppliers within a 

defined water service area was computed from 2010 census 

block data (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011a, 2011b, 2011c). Water 

service-area maps and census block data were imported as 

layers into a GIS (hereafter referred to as “census map”). The 

population served for each public water supplier was estimated 

in the following manner.

• If the number of residential connections was available 

for a public supplier and the service area extent was 

the legal limits of a city or town, then the population 

served was the 2010 census population for the city 

or town.

• If the number of residential connections was available 

for a public supplier and the service area included and 

extended beyond the legal limits of a city or town, then 

the service area was outlined as a layer in the census 

map. The population served by public water suppliers 

was the summed census block population within the 

service area. When census blocks were split by service 

area boundaries, the proportion of the census block 

population in the service area was added to the population served. Prison populations were not included in 

population served estimates because prison water use 

is accounted for in the commercial use category.

• If the number of residential connections was available 

for a public supplier and the service area was identified 

by the extent of major water lines (commonly county 

water systems), then those water lines were added as 

a layer to the census map and census blocks closest to 

the water lines and with the greatest population density 

were selected. The occupied housing units in the 

selected census blocks were then summed until they 

equaled the known number of residential connections. 

The population served was the summed population in 

the census blocks. 

• If the number of residential connections was available 

for a public supplier but the number was larger than 

the number of occupied housing units of the incorporated city or town, and the service area was unknown, 

then the service area was estimated. Beginning with 

the census blocks within the city or town boundaries, 

census blocks with the greatest number of housing 

units surrounding the city or town were added to those 

within the city boundary until the number of residential 

connections equaled the number of occupied housing 

units; these census blocks became the estimated service area. The population served was the 2010 census 

population within the estimated service area.
16 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

• Initial population served numbers for small community 

water systems were provided by the GaEPD Drinking 

Water Permit program. These data were used primarily for most of the subdivisions, apartment complexes, 

and mobile home parks in each county and river basin. 

These small community water systems were numerous and in many instances their locations and areal 

extent were not easily obtained. Nevertheless, the 

service areas for the largest of these small community systems were identified on the census map and 

the computed 2010 population was compared to the 

population served numbers obtained from the GaEPD. 

Typically, the GaEPD data were accurate for subdivisions with less than 100 households, but tended to be 

over or under estimated by 2–25 percent in subdivisions with more than 100 households. In some cases 

(primarily small towns), the population served on the 

drinking water permit was larger than the 2010 census 

population. In these instances, Google Earth® was then 

used to identify dwellings beyond the town limits that 

could be served by the town’s water system. In most 

cases, the city or town was surrounded by farmland 

or a water body and the reported population served on 

the drinking water permit was overestimated. In these 

cases the reported population served was adjusted to 

equal the 2010 census population of the city or town.

Domestic Deliveries

Domestic water use is water used for typical household 

purposes such as drinking, food preparation, bathing, washing 

clothes and dishes, flushing toilets, washing cars, and watering 

lawns and gardens. In Georgia, most of the water for domestic 

uses is provided by public suppliers; however, households in 

rural areas typically are supplied by individual water wells. 

These are termed self-supplied domestic water users. 

Domestic deliveries from public supply are estimated 

using the percentage of water delivered to residential connections given in the 2010 water-use questionnaire. If a questionnaire was not returned, or deliveries were missing from the 

questionnaire, then the data were acquired using the sources 

and in the sequence listed previously. When the population 

served was determined, this population was multiplied by a 

domestic water-use coefficient of 75 gal/d per person. This 

coefficient reflects the annual average per capita domestic 

water use each day, as discussed in Self-supplied Water Use, 

Domestic Use section in this report.

Commercial Deliveries

Commercial establishments include motels, hotels, 

restaurants, medical centers, hospitals, military installations, public safety facilities (police stations, fire houses and 

so forth), correctional institutions, retail stores, educational 

facilities (public and private), campgrounds, and recreational 

vehicle parks. The amount of water delivered to commercial 

establishments by public water suppliers was summarized 

from the 2010 water-use questionnaire, 2010/2011 CAFR, the 

proportion stated in the 2005 water-use questionnaire, or was 

estimated using water-use coefficients. In some instances, the 

number of possible commercial customers in a known service 

area was determined by using internet business directories and 

Google Earth®.

Commercial water-use coefficients were computed 

using the amount of water delivered divided by the number 

of commercial connections from 2010 water-use questionnaires or 2010/2011 CAFRs. Among 73 public water suppliers 

who returned a correctly completed water-use questionnaire 

or listed commercial deliveries in a 2010/2011 CAFR, 

the median water delivery per commercial customer was 

540 gal/d. The populations served for these 73 water suppliers 

ranged from 360 to 753,000. Water-use coefficients were 

used when the number of commercial customers was known, 

but the amount of water delivered was unknown. Commercial deliveries were computed as the number of commercial 

customers multiplied by the water-use coefficient. A coefficient of 200 gal/d per commercial customer was used for 

public suppliers serving fewer than 2,000 people and with 

commercial customers consisting primarily of small downtown businesses and gas station/convenience stores (as 

determined from Google Earth®), whereas a public supply 

delivery of 550 gal/d per commercial customer was used for 

all other public suppliers. 

Industrial Deliveries

Industrial establishments include those involved with the 

production of chemical, food, textile, paper, wood, petroleum and allied products, metal fabrication, and machinery. 

The amount of water delivered to industries by public water 

suppliers in 2010 is summarized from the 2010 water-use 

questionnaire, 2010/2011 CAFR, the proportion of industrial 

deliveries given in the 2005 water-use questionnaire, or was 

estimated using water-use coefficients. In some instances, the 

number of possible industrial customers in a known service 

area was determined by using internet business directories, 
Data Sources and Methodology 17

Google Earth®, and the Dun and Bradstreet Hoovers database 

(Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., 2011). 

A water-use coefficient was used when the number of 

industrial connections or customers was known but the amount 

of water delivered was unknown. Industrial deliveries were 

computed as the number of industrial customers multiplied by 

the water-use coefficient. Among 81 public water suppliers 

who returned a correctly completed water-use questionnaire 

or listed industrial deliveries in a 2010 –11 CAFR, the median 

water delivery per industrial customer was 2,000 gal/d and 

ranged from 100 to 280,000 gal/d. This median value of 

2,000 gal/d was used as the industrial water-use coefficient. 

Public Use, System Losses, and Transfers

Non-revenue deliveries include unbilled authorized water 

use, unauthorized water use, meter inaccuracies and data 

errors, and storage and system losses (also known as distribution or conveyance losses) due to leakage (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009, p. 2–2). Unbilled authorized 

deliveries include water deliveries to churches, charitable 

organizations, schools, and fire suppression; public connections such as government office buildings, vehicle garages 

and maintenance buildings, and public recreation areas such 

as parks, recreation complexes, athletic fields, and public golf 

courses. Unauthorized water deliveries typically represent 

theft of water. Nonrevenue deliveries by privately owned 

water suppliers typically are restricted to system losses and 

unauthorized water use. 

System losses reported on 2010 water-use questionnaires 

or in 2010–11 CAFRs ranged from about 4 to 32 percent of 

the total water entering the distribution system. If the actual 

system loss was not available, then the average system loss 

was estimated at 15 percent for public water suppliers and 

5 percent for subdivisions. The 15 percent loss was about 

the average for all water losses reported on the 2010 questionnaires or in the 2010–11 CAFRs and was similar to that 

reported by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2009, 

p. B–2, B–3) and by a consulting firm (CH2M HILL, 2007). 

Non-revenue deliveries were inconsistently reported on the 

2010 water-use questionnaire and in some cases were reported 

as the difference between withdrawals plus purchases and 

residential, commercial, and industrial deliveries. Water 

transfers refer to water purchased and water sold on a wholesale basis between water suppliers. The amount of water 

purchased or sold in 2010 was taken from the 2010 water-use 

questionnaire, from 2010/2011 CAFRs (if reported), or from 

the 2005 questionnaire. 

Surface-Water Returns

The amounts of treated and untreated water discharged 

to rivers, streams, and reservoirs in Georgia (surface-water 

returns) during 2010 were provided by the GaEPD and the 

Georgia Power Company. Each entity with a discharge permit 

under Georgia’s NPDES wastewater permit program is 

required to report average monthly discharges to the GaEPD. 

These discharge monitoring reports were the source of 

surface-water return data. These data were then summarized 

and compiled for each county, major river basin, and waterplanning region in Georgia.
18 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, 

and Surface-Water Returns

The period between 2007 and 2010 was a challenging 

time economically and climatologically in Georgia. During 

that period, major recession affected the United States, 

including Georgia, resulting in large increases in unemployment and decreases in manufacturing, construction, and other 

industrial activity (Glassman, 2014). 

According to the 2010 census, nearly 9.7 million people 

lived in Georgia (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011a; table 2). The 

water for 85 percent of that population was provided by 

public water suppliers. On a county basis, total water withdrawals ranged from less than 5 to 975 million gallons per 

day (Mgal/d) in 2010 (fig. 7). Estimated total withdrawals 

Table 2. 2010 population, and water withdrawals by source and water-use category in Georgia, 2010.

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day; —, not applicable]

Population: 9,687,660

Population served by public supply: 8,255,250

Population using groundwater: 1,656,800

Population using surface water: 6,598,450

Self-supplied population (groundwater): 1,432,410

Total per capita usea

: 460 gallons per person per day

Acres irrigated: 1,303,050

Category

Water withdrawals

(Mgal/d)

Deliveries from 

public supplyb

(Mgal/d)

Total usec

(Mgal/d)

Surfacewater returns

Groundwater Surface water Total (Mgal/d)

Public supply 247.8 872.9 1,121 — — —

Domestic 107.4 0.00 107.4 623.5 730.9 —

Commercial/public used 2.08 0.58 2.66 209.2 211.9 1.21

Industrial 206.5 288.5e 495.1 107.9 603.0 405.4

Public supply system lossesf — — — 181.8 181.8 —

Public wastewater treatment — — — — — 711.4

Mining 16.67 0.29 16.96 — 16.96 24.10

Irrigation—Crop 577.5g 169.8 747.4 — 747.4 —

Irrigation—Golf courses 21.50 33.12 54.62 3.14 57.76 —

Livestock and aquaculture 6.36 72.85 79.22 — 79.22 1.95

Thermoelectric power 2.92 2,043d 2,046 — 2,046 1,081

Total 1,189 3,481 4,670 1,125 4,675 2,225

a

Sum of withdrawals by all categories divided by the total 2010 population.

b

A net transfer of about 6.7 Mgal/d of public-supplied water occurred from Alabama and Tennessee to Georgia in 2010.

c

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries. 

d

Public use includes self-supplied withdrawals and unbilled public water delivered to municipal buildings, parks, golf courses, schools, churches, 

and so forth.

e

Includes withdrawals from saline water.

f

Public-supply system losses consist of water lost from the water distribution system and include pipe leaks and breaks, fire suppression, and 

unauthorized use. 

g

Includes permitted well-to-pond systems.

from groundwater and surface-water sources were about 

4,670 Mgal/d in 2010 (table 2; fig. 8), a nearly 15 percent 

reduction from 2005 (5,471 Mgal/d). In 2010, thermoelectric 

power facilities (2,046 Mgal/d) and public supply systems 

(1,121 Mgal/d) withdrew nearly 68 percent of all water withdrawn in Georgia. 

In 2010, surface-water withdrawals (3,481 Mgal/d) were 

nearly three times greater than groundwater withdrawals 

(1,189 Mgal/d) in Georgia (table 2; fig. 8). Public suppliers, 

self-supplied industrial, golf course irrigation, livestock, 

aquaculture, and thermoelectric power facilities withdrew 

more surface water than groundwater. Surface-water withdrawals were greatest for thermoelectric-power generation 

(2,043 Mgal/d) and public supply (873 Mgal/d), accounting 

for nearly 84 percent of surface-water withdrawals in 2010. 

Agricultural and industrial withdrawals accounted for 
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 19

Ware

Burke

Clinch

Lee

Camden

Wayne

Laurens

Hall

Glynn

Early

Floyd

Worth Coffee

Charlton

Troup

Tift

Wilkes

Harris

Irwin

Cobb

Jones

Polk

Sumter

Dooly

Gilmer

Bibb

Colquitt

Macon

Telfair

Rabun

Walker

Fannin

Baker

Echols

Pike

Hart

Upson

Crisp

Gordon

Miller

Bulloch

Liberty

Emanuel

Long

Dodge

Screven

Fulton

Bryan

Grady Thomas Decatur

Chatham

Appling

Brooks

Mcintosh

Bartow

Carroll

Mitchell

Berrien

Union

Coweta

Talbot

Lowndes

Washington

Wilcox Tattnall

Elbert

Greene

Jasper Hancock

Stewart

Chattahoochee

Taylor

Henry

Pierce

Marion

Twiggs

Jefferson

Monroe

Heard

Toombs

Putnam

Brantley

Jenkins

Clay

Effingham

Gwinnett

Wilkinson

Bacon

Murray

Cook

Morgan

Randolph

Cherokee

Walton

Houston

White

Terrell

Meriwether

Jackson

Turner

Banks

Dekalb

Atkinson

Warren

Lumpkin

Oglethorpe Newton

Johnson

Dade

Paulding

Madison

Wheeler

Richmond

Lincoln

Pulaski

Jeff Davis

Baldwin

Columbia

Calhoun

Butts

Ben Hill

Crawford

Lanier

Evans

Whitfield

Franklin

Lamar

Pickens

Dougherty

Candler

Forsyth

Mcduffie

Haralson

Seminole

Chattooga

Dawson

Towns

Fayette

Habersham

Peach

Oconee

Webster

Bleckley

Schley

Douglas

Spalding

Treutlen

Muscogee

Barrow

Quitman

Stephens

Catoosa

Montgomery

Taliaferro

Clayton

Glascock

Rockdale

Clarke

Withdrawals, in million

 gallons per day

0 to 5

Greater than 5 to 20

Greater than 20 to 50

Greater than 50 to 125

Greater than 125 to 975

EXPLANATION

Figure 7. Surface-water and groundwater withdrawals by county in Georgia, 2010.

Groundwater

All sources of water

Surface water

Figure 7. Surface-water and groundwater withdrawals by county in Georgia, 2010.
20 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

15 percent of surface-water withdrawals, whereas commercial, mining, and golf course irrigation accounted for the 

remaining 1 percent. Surface water provided 78 percent of 

the 1,121 Mgal/day withdrawn for public supply in 2010. 

Self-supplied domestic, commercial, mining, and crop 

irrigation uses withdrew more groundwater than surface water 

in 2010 (table 2; fig. 8). Crop irrigation withdrew the largest 

amount of groundwater (578 Mgal/d). Thermoelectric-power 

and commercial uses withdrew the least amount of groundwater. Typically, counties in northern Georgia withdraw a 

larger percentage of water from surface water than groundwater sources, whereas counties in the southern Georgia withdraw more water from groundwater than surface-water sources 

(figs. 7 and 9). 

Self-supplied industries withdrew about 495 Mgal/d in 

2010, of which 58 percent was surface water (table 2). Paper 

and pulp facilities withdrew 78 percent of all water withdrawn 

by self-supplied industries (387 Mgal/d), of which 255 Mgal/d 

was surface water (table 3). In contrast, the kaolin and fuller’s 

earth industries (primarily located in middle Georgia, south of 

the Fall Line) withdrew 8.7 percent of all water withdrawn by 

self-supplied industries (43.1 Mgal/d), of which 34.7 Mgal/d was 

groundwater. Chemical manufacturing facilities (appendix 1) 

used 7.8 percent of the total groundwater (16.3 Mgal/d) and 

5.5 percent of the total surface water (15.8 Mgal/d) withdrawn 

by all industries in Georgia during 2010 (table 3). 

Figure 8. Water withdrawals by source and water-use category in Georgia, 2010. [Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Figure 9. Percentage of total water withdrawals by county and source in Georgia, 2010

Surface water

0 to 10 

Greater than 10 to 25 

Greater than 25 to 50 

Greater than 50 to 75 

Greater than 75 to 100 

Percentage of total water withdrawn

Groundwater

EXPLANATION

Public supply

875 Mgal/d

Industrial 289 Mgal/d

Public supply

1,122 Mgal/d 

Industrial

495 Mgal/d

Domestic 108 Mgal/d

Commercial/

public use

2.4 Mgal/d

Mining

17 Mgal/d

Livestock

79 Mgal/d

Mining–0.3 Mgal/d

Irrigation–203 Mgal/d

Livestock–73 Mgal/d

Thermoelectric

2,043 Mgal/d 

Surface-water withdrawals–3,484 Mgal/d

Public supply–247 Mgal/d

Domestic–108 Mgal/d

Commercial/public use–1.8 Mgal/d

Industrial–206 Mgal/d

Mining–16.7 Mgal/d

Irrigation

599 Mgal/d

Livestock–6.4 Mgal/d Thermoelectric–2.9 Mgal/d 

Groundwater withdrawals–1,188 Mgal/d

Irrigation

802 Mgal/d

Thermoelectric

2,046 Mgal/d 

Total water withdrawals–4,672 Mgal/d

In 2010, total water use in Georgia is estimated at 

4,675 Mgal/d (table 2). This amount includes 1,125 Mgal/d 

of water delivered by public suppliers to domestic, commercial and public use, and industrial customers, and publicsupply losses. About 6.7 Mgal/d of water was delivered from 

public suppliers in Alabama and Tennessee to customers in 

Georgia. Thermoelectric-power generation accounted for 

about 44 percent of all water used in Georgia during 2010. 

Crop irrigation and domestic categories each accounted for 

nearly 16 percent of the total water use in 2010, whereas the 

industrial and commercial/public use categories accounted for 

nearly 13 and 4.5 percent, respectively. Public-supply losses 

accounted for 3.9 percent and mining, golf course irrigation, 

and livestock collectively accounted for 3.3 percent of the 

total water use in Georgia.

About 2,225 Mgal/d of water was returned to surfacewater bodies in Georgia and represents about 48 percent of 

the water withdrawn in 2010 (table 2). Nearly 49 percent of 

all surface-water returns were from thermoelectric-power 

facilities using once-through cooling processes. About 

32 percent of all surface-water returns was treated wastewater 

from public treatment facilities (711 Mgal/d), while industrial facilities discharged 405 Mgal/d or 18 percent of the 

total returns. Mining, aquaculture, and commercial facilities 

discharged about 1 percent of the water returned to surface 

water in 2010.

Figure 8. Water withdrawals by source and water-use category in Georgia, 2010. [Mgal/d, million gallons per day]
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 21

Table 3. Permitted commercial and industrial water withdrawals by major North 

American Industrial Classification code (NAICS, appendix 1) in Georgia, 2010.

NAICS 

(Appendix 1)

Withdrawals

(million gallons per day)

Groundwater Surface water Total

322—Paper, pulp 132.3 254.8 387.1

212—Kaolin and ball clay 34.72 8.43 43.15

325—Chemical products 16.25 15.81 32.06

311—Food 9.22 3.16 12.38

313, 314—Textiles 3.16 6.14 9.30

221—Electrical utility 0.89 0.00 0.89

327—Stone, clay 2.68 0.10 2.78

312—Beverage manufacturing 2.85 0.00 2.85

321—Lumber and wood products 2.43 0.00 2.45

331—Primary metals 0.44 0.12 0.56

339—Miscellaneous manufacturing 0.53 0.00 0.53

326—Rubber, plastic 0.23 0.00 0.23

332—Metal fabrication 0.05 0.00 0.05

Total 205.8 288.6 494.4

All other industries 0.70 0.00 0.70

Figure 8. Water withdrawals by source and water-use category in Georgia, 2010. [Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Figure 9. Percentage of total water withdrawals by county and source in Georgia, 2010

Surface water

0 to 10 

Greater than 10 to 25 

Greater than 25 to 50 

Greater than 50 to 75 

Greater than 75 to 100 

Percentage of total water withdrawn

Groundwater

EXPLANATION

Figure 9. Percentage of total water withdrawals by county and source in Georgia, 2010.
22 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Water Use and Surface-Water Returns by 

Major River Basin

Of the 2,624 Mgal/d of water withdrawn for non-thermoelectric uses in 2010, about 57 percent was self-supplied water 

(1,503 Mgal/d; table 2). Non-thermoelectric water withdrawals 

were greatest in the Apalachicola River Basin (1,250 Mgal/d) 

and smallest in the Ochlockonee River Basin (26 Mgal/d; 

table 4). Per capita water use (public supply, domestic, 

commercial, and industrial water use per person) ranged from 

81 gal/d in the Ocmulgee River Basin to 553 gal/d in the 

Altamaha River Basin (table 4). 

Self-Supplied Water Use

Self-supplied water use is water withdrawn directly from 

a groundwater or a surface-water source by a user, in contrast 

to water that is delivered by a public supplier. Self-supplied 

domestic withdrawals amounted to 107 Mgal/d and 56 percent 

of that use was in the Apalachicola (26.2 Mgal/d), Ocmulgee 

(20.7 Mgal/d), and Savannah River Basins (12.4 Mgal/d; 

table 4). In the Coosa and Tallapoosa River Basins, only 

6.5 percent of the population relied on domestic wells for their 

water supply (table 4). In contrast, nearly 47 percent of the 

population in the Ochlockonee River Basin and 57 percent of 

the population in the Altamaha River Basin relied on domestic 

wells for their water (table 4). 

About 515 Mgal/d was withdrawn by self-supplied 

commercial, industrial, and mining users in 2010 (table 4). 

Self-supplied commercial and industrial use was greatest in the 

Apalachicola (134 Mgal/d) and Savannah River (130 Mgal/d) 

Basins. In contrast, self-supplied commercial and industrial 

use was lowest (0.81 Mgal/d each) in the Ochlockonee and 

Tennessee River Basins. Mining withdrawals were greatest 

in the Apalachicola (6.1 Mgal/d), Ocmulgee (2.6 Mgal/d), 

and Savannah River Basins (2.5 Mgal/d), but lowest in the 

Satilla and St. Mary’s River (0.15 Mgal/d), Tennessee River 

(0.20 Mgal/d), and the Suwannee and Aucilla River Basins 

(0.22 Mgal/d).

Crop irrigation, livestock management, and aquaculture 

are the primary agricultural users of water in Georgia. Crop 

irrigation accounts for about 90 percent of all water withdrawn 

for agriculture in Georgia (table 2). Agricultural activities 

Table 4. Water withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by water-use category, for major river basins in Georgia, 2010.

[—, not applicable]

Major river 

basin

(fig. 3)

Total

population

(thousands)

Self-supplied 

domestic 

population,

as percent

of total

population

Withdrawals

(milion gallons per day)

Public

supply Domestic Commercial Industrial Mining

Golf

course

irrigation

Crop

irrigation

Savannah 668.33 25.6 116.6 12.83 0.29 129.4 2.50 4.55 7.99 

Ogeechee 487.56 15.0 52.14 5.49 0.61 13.46 0.53 2.01 30.04 

Oconee 624.82 21.1 51.04 9.91 0.01 43.67 1.72 6.16 15.39 

Ocmulgee 2,124.36 13.0 128.5 20.71 0.06 23.46 2.65 10.41 62.80 

Altamaha 134.47 57.0 9.45 5.76 0.26 58.84 0.31 0.44 16.21 

Satilla and 

St. Marys

293.24 33.4 25.49 7.36 0.15 42.34 0.15 5.93 14.21 

Suwannee and 

Aucilla

316.78 31.3 35.80 7.44 0.22 10.65 0.22 1.61 64.42 

Ochlockonee 81.89 46.8 5.26 2.88 0.03 0.78 1.04 0.19 14.29 

Apalachicola 3,519.12 9.9 532.0 26.17 0.59 133.1 6.08 12.65 515.8 

Coosa and 

Tallapoosa

1,235.93 6.5 147.0 5.96 0.32 38.68 1.56 9.28 5.63 

Tennessee 201.15 19.5 17.43 2.94 0.12 0.69 0.20 1.38 0.51 

Total 9,687.65 — 1,121 107.4 2.66 495.1 16.96 54.61 747.3 

a

Per capita use based on public-supply, domestic, commercial, and industrial withdrawals divided by the total population in the basin.

b

Public-supply system losses include water lost from the water distribution system and includes pipe leaks and breaks, fire suppression, and 

unauthorized use. 

c

About 6.7 Mgal/d of water was delivered into and used in Georgia by public water suppliers in Alabama and Tennessee in 2010.

d

Includes 213 Mgal/d of saline surface water.
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 23

withdrew about 827 Mgal/d of water in 2010 and 65 percent 

of these withdrawals were in the Apalachicola River Basin 

(table 4). Agricultural withdrawals in the Apalachicola Basin 

were 8-times higher than those in the Suwannee and Aucilla 

River Basins (67.2 Mgal/d), the basins with the next largest 

withdrawals. In contrast, agricultural withdrawals were lowest 

in the Coosa and Tallapoosa River Basins (14.7 Mgal/d) and 

Ochlockonee River Basin (15.7 Mgal/d), and the Tennessee 

River Basin (15.8 Mgal/d).

Nearly 55 Mgal/d of water was withdrawn to irrigate 

golf courses in 2010 (table 2). Of that total, 61 percent was 

surface water. Golf course irrigation was highest in the 

Apalachicola River and Ocmulgee River Basins (respectively, 

12.7 and 10.4 Mgal/d; table 4). Water withdrawals for golf 

course irrigation were lowest in the Ochlockonee River Basin 

(0.19 Mgal/d).

Surface-water withdrawals for thermoelectric-power 

generation accounted for 59 percent of all surface-water withdrawals in 2010 (table 2). The thermoelectric-power generation from Plants Arkwright, Branch, Hatch, and Scherer in the 

Ocmulgee and Oconee River Basins withdrew 1,008 Mgal/d 

in 2010, representing about 49 percent of the surface-water 

withdrawals for thermoelectric power in Georgia. Within the 

Coosa and Tallapoosa River Basins, Plant Bowen and Plant 

Hammond withdrew 480 Mgal/d (23 percent) of surface water 

in 2010. In the Savannah River Basin, Plant McIntosh, Plant 

Vogtle and Plant Wentworth (Kraft) withdrew 342 Mgal/d 

(17 percent) of surface water in 2010, 213 Mgal/d of which 

was saline surface water.

Public-Supplied Water Use

Any entity (public or private) that regularly delivers 

water to at least 25 people or has at least 15 water connections is considered a public water system (public supplier) 

under Georgia law (OCGA 12–5–172–11). In 2010, public 

suppliers withdrew about 1,121 Mgal/d in Georgia. Included 

in this report is public-supplied water delivered from public 

suppliers in Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee and used 

in Georgia. Water delivered from public suppliers in Georgia 

to Alabama, South Carolina, or Tennessee is counted as a 

public-supply delivery to water users in those States, but is not 

included in water-use calculations for Georgia because that 

water is not used in Georgia. 

Table 4. Water withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by water-use category, for major river basins in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[—, not applicable]

Withdrawals—Continued

(milion gallons per day) Per

capita 

usea

(gallons 

per day)

Public supply deliveries

(milion gallons per day)

Livestock 

and

aquaculture

Thermoelectric Totals Domestic

Commercial 

and public 

use

Industrial Irrigation System 

lossesb Totalc

System loss,

as a percent

of total

deliveries

6.08 341.9d 622.1 388 39.37 22.49 8.47 0.00 11.63 81.97 14.2

2.71 0.00 107.0 147 33.54 9.62 27.80 0.00 12.54 83.50 15.0

9.50 952.4 1,090 167 28.57 14.66 5.12 0.00 7.97 56.32 14.2

3.21 55.23 307.0 81 133.5 45.99 7.95 0.00 24.33 211.8 11.5

2.12 56.89 150.3 553 4.32 1.73 0.73 0.00 1.18 7.96 14.8

3.27 8.09 107.0 257 14.99 5.04 1.36 0.00 3.23 24.62 13.1

2.79 0.00 123.2 171 21.36 7.79 2.46 0.00 6.73 38.34 17.6

1.47 0.00 25.94 109 2.16 0.43 0.05 0.00 0.40 3.04 13.2

23.68 151.4 1,402 197 271.1 79.62 35.03 3.14 92.95 481.8 19.3

9.05 480.1 697.6 155 61.72 19.54 18.63 0.00 17.75 117.6 15.1

15.30 0.29 38.86 105 12.95 2.35 0.34 0.00 3.10 18.74 16.5

79.18 2,046 4,670 — 623.5 209.2 107.9 3.14 181.8 1,125 16.2
24 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Of the 1,125 Mgal/d of water delivered by public 

suppliers, 55 percent was used for domestic (residential; 

623 Mgal/d) purposes in Georgia (table 2). The domestic use 

of water is directly related to the population served by public 

water suppliers and inversely related to the self-supplied populations; thus, public-supplied domestic water use was greatest 

in the Apalachicola River Basin, which has the highest publicsupplied population and lowest in the Ochlockonee River 

Basin, which has the lowest public-supplied population.

Nearly 19 percent of public-supplied water was delivered 

to commercial customers (including public-use connections) 

in 2010 (table 2). Public-supply deliveries for commercial and 

public uses were greatest in the Apalachicola (80 Mgal/d) and 

Ocmulgee River Basins (46 Mgal/d). In contrast, commercial 

deliveries were lowest in the Ochlockonee (0.43 Mgal/d) and 

the Altamaha (1.7 Mgal/d) River Basins (table 4). 

Nearly 9.6 percent of public-supplied water was delivered 

to industrial customers in 2010 (tables 2 and 4). Industrial uses 

of public-supplied water were greatest in the Apalachicola 

(35 Mgal/d) and Ogeechee (27 Mgal/d) River Basins (table 4). 

In contrast, industrial deliveries were lowest in the Tennessee 

(0.34 Mgal/d) and Ochlockonee (0.05 Mgal/d) River Basins.

Water lost in the public-supply distribution system 

(system or public losses) is typically the result of pipe leakage 

and breaks. System losses are related to the total length of the 

pipeage, age of the pipes, and water pressure (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2009). Thus, the largest and 

oldest public-supply systems will lose the greatest amount 

of water. In 2010, an estimated 182 Mgal/d of water was lost 

in the public-supply distribution system (table 2). Average 

public-supply losses were estimated at 16.1 percent of the 

water delivered in 2010 and ranged from 11.4 percent in the 

Ocmulgee River Basin to 19.3 percent in the Apalachicola 

River Basin (table 4).

Surface-Water Returns

In basins where there is a greater reliance on groundwater 

than surface water for water supplies, surface-water returns 

may exceed surface-water withdrawals because once used, that 

groundwater enters sanitary sewer systems for treatment and 

discharge to surface water. About 2,225 Mgal/d of water was 

discharged to surface water by public (municipal and privately 

owned) wasterwater treatment facilities, commercial, industrial, mining, aquaculture, and thermoelectric power facilities 

in 2010 (table 2). Thermoelectric power facilities returned 

nearly 49 percent of all water discharged to surface water, 

followed by public wastewater facilities (32 percent), and 

combined commercial and industrial discharges (19 percent).

River basins with the greatest populations returned the 

greatest amount of publicly-treated wastewater to surface 

water; thus, the Apalachicola and Ocmulgee River Basins 

received the greatest amount of public wastewater (respectively, 341 and 111 Mgal/d, table 5). In contrast, public wastewater discharges were lowest in the Tennessee (2.44 Mgal/d) 

and the Altamaha (7.3 Mgal/d) River Basins in 2010. 

About 19 percent of surface-water returns were contributed by the commercial, industrial, mining, and aquaculture 

sectors in Georgia (table 5). Surface-water returns from 

commercial facilities were greatest in the Altamaha 

Table 5. Surface-water returns by water-use category for major river basins in Georgia, 2010.

Major river basin

(fig. 3)

Surface-water returnsa

(million gallons per day)

Public

wastewater Commercial Industrial Mining Aquaculture Thermoelectric Totals

Savannah 75.02 0.03 140.7 4.83 0.00 205.0 425.6

Ogeechee 18.47 0.00 9.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.59

Oconee 28.06 0.01 18.80 4.81 0.00 368.7 420.3

Ocmulgee 111.0 0.00 5.37 4.35 0.00 0.00 120.7

Altamaha 7.31 0.82 53.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 62.01

Satilla and St. Marys 23.06 0.00 40.05 0.00 0.00 8.10 71.21

Suwannee and Aucilla 22.14 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.16

Ochlockonee 8.37 0.27 0.60 0.03 0.00 0.00 9.24

Apalachicola 341.5 0.07 44.90 6.65 0.00 51.00 444.1

Coosa and Tallapoosa 74.04 0.00 90.96 3.41 0.00 448.0 616.4

Tennessee 2.44 0.00 0.93 0.00 1.95 0.00 5.29

Total 711.4 1.21 405.4 24.10 1.95 1,081 2,225

a

Surface-water returns may exceed surface-water withdrawals in basins where there is a greater reliance on groundwater than surface-water supplies.
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 25

(0.82 Mgal/d) and the Ochlockonee (0.27 Mgal/d) River 

Basins; however, seven basins—Ogeechee, Ocmulgee, Satilla 

and St. Mary’s, Coosa and Tallapoosa, and Tennessee—did 

not receive any return flows from commercial facilities in 

2010. Surface-water returns from industrial facilities were 

greatest in the Savannah (141 Mgal/d) and Coosa and Tallapoosa (91 Mgal/d) River Basins, whereas the Ochlockonee 

(0.60 Mgal/d) and the Suwannee and Aucilla (0.02 Mgal/d) 

River Basins received the lowest return flows from industrial 

facilities in 2010. Surface-water returns from mining activities 

were greatest in the Apalachicola River Basin (6.7 Mgal/d) 

followed by the Savannah and Oconee River Basins 

(4.8 Mgal/d each). Federal and State fish hatcheries discharged 

nearly 2 Mgal/d of water to surface water in the Tennessee 

Basin, the only basin with reported surface-water returns from 

aquaculture facilities.

Surface-water returns from thermoelectric-power facilities are primarily from facilities that utilize once-through 

cooling processes. Within the Coosa and Tallapoosa Basins, 

Plant Hammond returned 448 Mgal/d (41 percent of all returns 

in Georgia) to surface water in 2010, whereas Plant Arkwright 

and Plant Branch, and the Crisp County plant in the Oconee 

River Basin returned 369 Mgal/d (34 percent; table 5). In the 

Savannah River Basin, Plant McIntosh returned 205 Mgal/d to 

the lower Savannah River in 2010.

Water Use by Principal Aquifer

About 1,189 Mgal/d of groundwater were withdrawn 

from the principal aquifers in Georgia during 2010 

(tables 2 and 6). About 68 percent of all groundwater withdrawals in 2010 came from the Floridan aquifer system, 

followed by the Cretaceous aquifer system (15 percent), 

the crystalline-rock aquifers (5.3 percent), and the Claiborne 

aquifer (5.0 percent). The surficial aquifer system supplied 

the least amount of groundwater in 2010, only 0.1 percent 

of total groundwater withdrawals.

In 2010, nearly 3.1 million people or 32 percent of the 

2010 Georgia population used groundwater for domestic 

purposes (tables 2 and 6). Of that population, about 1.4 million 

people relied on small domestic wells for their water (table 2). 

The Floridan aquifer system supplied about 56 percent of the 

population using groundwater, followed by the the Cretaceous aquifer system (22 percent), and the crystalline-rock 

and Paleozoic-rock aquifers (15.4 percent). The Claiborne 

and Clayton aquifers supplied about 5 percent of the population using groundwater in 2010. Only about 1.6 percent of 

the groundwater population used water from the Brunswick 

aquifer or surficial aquifer system. 

Self-Supplied Water Use

Of groundwater used in 2010, 79 percent was withdrawn by self-supplied users (table 6). Of the 1,189 Mgal/d 

of groundwater withdrawn in 2010, 50 percent was used 

for crop and golf course irrigation (599 Mgal/d), 17 percent 

was used by industry (206 Mgal/d), 9 percent for domestic 

use (107 Mgal/d), and 2.3 percent for mining, livestock and 

aquaculture, thermoelectric power generation, and commercial 

uses (table 6). Except for mining, the Floridan aquifer system 

supplied the majority of the water used in the other seven use 

categories. Of the groundwater used for mining, 75 percent 

was withdrawn from the crystalline-rock aquifers (7.3 Mgal/d) 

and the Cretaceous aquifer system (5.3 Mgal/d). About 

2.7 percent of the self-supplied groundwater used for irrigation 

and industry came from the Brunswick aquifer.

Public Supply

Only 21 percent of groundwater withdrawn in 2010 was 

used for public supply (table 6). Nearly 1.7 million people 

used groundwater delivered by public water suppliers for 

domestic purposes in 2010. The two principal aquifers in 

southern Georgia (south of the Fall Line), the Floridan and 

the Cretaceous aquifer systems, provided 58 and 22 percent, 

respectively, of the groundwater used for public supply 

(table 6). The crystalline-rock and the Paleozoic-rock aquifers provided nearly all of the groundwater used in northern 

Georgia. Public-supply withdrawals from the crystalline-rock 

and the Paleozoic-rock aquifers accounted for, respectively, 

6.9 and 4.9 percent of all public-supplied groundwater withdrawn in Georgia in 2010.

In 2010, nearly all groundwater withdrawals for 

public supply were delivered to users in Georgia. About 

0.4 Mgal/d was delivered to users in Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Domestic uses accounted for nearly 

57 percent of all public-supply deliveries of groundwater in 

Georgia (table 6). Commercial and public uses accounted for 

17 percent and industrial uses accounted for about 10 percent 

of public-supplied groundwater delivered in Georgia.

Water Use and Surface-Water Returns by 

Water-Planning Region 

Total water withdrawals and public-supply deliveries for 

each of the 11 water-planning regions recognized by the State 

of Georgia are listed in table 7. A total of 1,228 Mgal/d of 

water was withdrawn for public supply and by self-supplied 

domestic users in 2010 (table 7). Water-planning regions 

with the greatest populations withdrew the greatest amount 

of water. Excluding withdrawals for thermoelectric-power 

generation, water withdrawals were greatest in the Lower 

Flint–Ochlockonee region (612 Mgal/d) followed by the 

Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District (hereafter 

referred to as the Metro North Georgia District; 591 Mgal/d). 

Water withdrawals were lowest in the Suwannee–Satilla 

region (116 Mgal/d). 
26 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Table 6. Groundwater withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by use category for the principal aquifers in Georgia, 2010.

Aquifer 

name 

(fig. 2)

Populationa

(thousands)

Withdrawals

(million gallons per day)

Public

supply Domestic Commercial Industrial Mining Irrigation Livestock andaquaculture

Thermoelectric Total

Floridan aquifer system (S400FLORDN)

Floridan 

system

1,452.03 148.3 57.22 1.50 142.4 2.95 445.9 2.90 1.82 803.0

Surficial aquifer system (S100SURFCL)

Brunswick 27.84 2.87 1.04 0.06 8.93 0.00 23.26 0.00 0.00 36.16

Surficial 2.68 0.28 0.12 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.76 0.00 0.03 1.29

Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system (S100SECSLP)

Claiborne 120.51 7.63 0.07 0.04 1.77 0.37 48.68 0.51 0.00 59.07

Clayton 40.81 5.20 1.50 0.01 1.04 0.05 14.80 0.10 0.00 22.70

Cretaceous 

system

497.74 54.24 19.87 0.27 45.75 5.25 54.01 1.27 1.01 181.7

Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline rock aquifers (N400PDMBRX)

Crystalline 

rock 

808.31 17.22 22.40 0.20 3.91 7.39 11.17 1.25 0.06 63.60

Valley and ridge aquifer (N500VLYRDG)

Paleozoic 

rock 

139.29 12.06 5.21 0.00 2.65 0.66 0.42 0.33 0.00 21.33

Total 3,089.21 247.8 107.4 2.08 206.5 16.67 599.0 6.36 2.92 1,189

Aquifer name 

(fig. 2)

Populationa

(thousands)

Public-supply deliveries

(million gallons per day)

Domestic

Commercial 

and

public use

Industrial Losses Totalb

Floridan aquifer system (S400FLORDN)

Floridan system 1,452.03 79.05 25.79 21.15 23.77 149.8

Surficial aquifer system (S100SURFCL)

Brunswick 27.84 1.79 0.49 0.13 0.51 2.92

Surficial 2.68 0.14 0.08 0.02 0.04 0.28

Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system (S100SECSLP)

Claiborne 120.51 4.20 1.64 0.52 1.42 7.78

Clayton 40.81 2.82 1.25 0.25 0.97 5.29

Cretaceous system 497.74 30.66 9.90 3.03 9.00 52.59

Piedmont and Blue Ridge crystalline rock aquifers (N400PDMBRX)

Crystalline rock 808.31 13.14 1.92 0.38 1.85 17.29

Valley and ridge aquifer (N500VLYRDG)

Paleozoic rock 139.29 8.52 0.89 0.66 1.75 11.82

Total 3,089.21 140.3 41.97 25.81 39.34 247.4

a

Public-supplied population and self-supplied domestic population using groundwater.

b

The difference between the amount of water withdrawn and the amount of water delivered represents deliveries from 

water suppliers in Alabama and Tennessee to water users in Georgia.
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 27

Table 7. Water withdrawals and public-supply deliveries by water-use category for water-planning regions in Georgia, 2010.

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day; —, not applicable]

Waterplanning

region 

(fig. 4)

Selfsupplied 

population,

(thousands)

Selfsupplied 

population,

(percent

of total)

Withdrawals

(million gallons per day)

Public

supply Domestic Commercial Industrial Mining Irrigation

Livestock 

and

aquaculture

ThermoelectricTotal

witdrawal

Coosa-North 

Georgia

131.41 18.2 90.85 9.85 0.44 34.52 0.98 7.86 28.00 432.2 604.7

Middle Chattahoochee64.45 13.5 71.73 4.83 0.01 0.23 0.91 28.76 1.93 53.26 161.7

Metro North 

Georgiad

228.18 4.7 528.9 17.10 0.01 5.34 3.73 24.28 11.93 95.75 687.0

Upper Flint 93.57 36.4 25.87 7.03 0.25 12.89 2.82 104.3 4.62 0.00 157.8

Middle Ocmulgee 116.99 20.2 75.53 8.78 0.01 24.07 2.00 30.49 1.24 55.23 197.3

Upper Oconee 114.37 22.0 54.18 8.58 0.01 42.87 1.51 27.32 8.47 952.4 1,095

Savannah-Upper 

Ogeechee

163.64 26.7 81.12 12.26 0.30 79.48 2.65 30.75 7.30 65.75 279.6

Lower FlintOchlockonee122.88 34.5 40.59 9.22 0.36 121.3 1.17 434.4 4.71 50.35 662.1

Suwannee-Satilla 153.55 37.5 38.20 11.52 0.20 10.54 0.36 51.78 3.59 0.00 116.2

Altamaha 143.67 56.4 15.35 10.76 0.38 60.58 0.16 53.31 5.95 56.89 203.4

Coastal Georgia 99.68 15.4 98.31 7.46 0.69 103.3 0.67 8.73 1.47 284.5 505.1

Total 1,432.39 — 1,121 107.4 2.66 495.1 16.96 802.0 79.21 2,046 4,670

Water-planning region 

(fig. 4)

Publicsupplied

population

(thousands)

Public-supply deliveries

(million gallons per day)

Domestic

Commercial

and

public use

Industrial Irrigationa System 

lossesb

Total 

deliveriesc

Coosa-North Georgia 614.85 48.99 18.63 16.24 0.00 15.76 99.62

Middle Chattahoochee 406.39 34.14 11.96 10.10 0.00 10.22 66.42

Metro North Georgiad 4,604.56 322.5 94.87 27.68 3.14 84.13 532.3

Upper Flint 155.75 12.88 3.64 1.10 0.00 5.99 23.61

Middle Ocmulgee 450.74 42.50 12.10 3.85 0.00 10.75 69.20

Upper Oconee 438.18 30.80 14.75 5.25 0.00 9.97 60.77

Savannah-Upper Ogeechee 446.57 36.79 21.68 7.98 0.00 13.34 79.79

Lower Flint-Ochlockonee 233.55 21.39 8.54 3.27 0.00 7.37 40.57

Suwannee-Satilla 253.03 22.33 7.46 2.92 0.00 5.49 38.20

Altamaha 111.09 8.88 3.00 1.00 0.00 2.49 15.37

Coastal Georgia 540.54 42.25 12.59 28.54 0.00 16.32 99.70

Total 8,255.25 623.5 209.2 107.9 3.14 181.8 1,125

a

Represents public-supplied water measured by irrigation-only meters.

b

Public-supply system losses is water lost from the water distribution system and includes pipe leaks and breaks, fire suppression, and 

unauthorized use. About 3 Mgal/d of public-supply deliveries are unaccountable and may be additional system losses.

c

Public-supply withdrawals may not equal public-supply deliveries because of interregion and interstate transfers.

d

Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.
28 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Self-Supplied Water Use 

About 1,500 Mgal/d of water was withdrawn by selfsupplied users, excluding thermoelectric power facilities, in 

2010 (table 7). The percentage of the population that was 

self-supplied in each planning region ranged from 4.7 in the 

Metro North Georgia District to 56 in the Altamaha planning 

region. Although the self-supplied population in the Metro 

North Georgia District represented only 4.7 percent of the 

population, the self-supplied domestic withdrawals were 

greatest (17.3 Mgal/d) among the water-planning regions. 

Self-supplied domestic withdrawals were lowest in the 

Middle Chattahoochee water-planning region (4.8 Mgal/d). 

Self-supplied commercial withdrawals accounted for less than 

0.2 percent of all self-supplied water withdrawn in 2010; most 

of the commercial withdrawals were in the Coastal Georgia, 

Coosa–North Georgia, and Altamaha water-planning regions.

Of the 495 Mgal/d of water withdrawn by self-supplied 

industrial users in 2010, 25 percent was withdrawn in 

the Lower Flint‒Ochlockonee water-planning region and 

21 percent in the Coastal Georgia water-planning region. 

Of the 17 Mgal/d withdrawn for mining, the greatest withdrawals were in the Metro North Georgia District (22 percent), 

followed by the Upper Flint (17 percent) and Savannah‒

Upper Ogeechee (16 percent) water-planning regions. In 

2010, about 802 Mgal/d was withdrawn for irrigation and the 

greatest withdrawals were in the Lower Flint‒Ochlockonee 

(54 percent) and Upper Flint (13 percent) water-planning 

regions. Of 79.2 Mgal/d withdrawn for livestock and aquaculture uses, the greatest withdrawals were in the Coosa‒

North Georgia water-planning region (35 percent), followed 

by the Metro North Georgia District (15 percent); in these 

two regions, poultry and beef production, and public and 

private fish hatcheries used the majority of water withdrawn 

for livestock and aquaculture. About 2,046 Mgal/d of water 

was withdrawn for thermoelectric-power generation and 

the greatest withdrawals were in the Upper Oconee waterplanning region (46 percent), followed by the Coosa‒North 

Georgia (21 percent), and Coastal Georgia (14 percent) waterplanning regions.

Public Supply

In 2010, public water suppliers withdrew 1,121 Mgal/d 

of water and delivered 1,125 Mgal/d of water to customers in 

Georgia (table 7). About 0.4 Mgal/d was delivered to wholesale customers in Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina; 

about 6.7 Mgal/d was delivered from public suppliers in 

Alabama and Tennessee to customers and wholesale suppliers 

in Georgia. 

Domestic use accounted for 55 percent of the publicsupply deliveries, followed by commercial and public uses at 

nearly 19 percent. About 9.6 percent of public-supplied water 

was delivered to industrial users. Estimated system losses 

during deliveries amounted to 182 Mgal/d or about 16 percent 

of public-supply deliveries (tables 2 and 7). Most public 

suppliers did not report their system losses on the water-use 

questionnaire; therefore, a coefficient of 15 percent was used 

to estimate unreported losses.

Of the water withdrawn by public suppliers, 47 percent 

was withdrawn in the Metro North Georgia District, followed 

by the Coastal Georgia and the Coosa‒North Georgia waterplanning regions at, respectively, 8.8 and 8.1 percent of the 

total public-supply withdrawals. These three water-planning 

regions had the highest public-supplied populations in 2010 

(table 7). 

Surface-Water Returns 

Public wastewater discharges accounted for 32 percent 

of the 2,225 Mgal/d of water returned to surface water and 

62 percent of all non-thermoelectric returns (table 8). Four 

water-planning regions discharged 73 percent of all public 

wastewater returned to surface water in 2010. The Metro North 

Georgia District discharged 364 Mgal/d of publicly-treated 

wastewater to surface water, the greatest amount in Georgia 

by a large margin. The Coastal Georgia, Savannah‒Upper 

Ogeechee, and Middle Ocmulgee water-planning regions each 

discharged publicly-treated wastewater at a rate 7 times lower 

than the discharges in the Metro North Georgia District.

Water discharges from commercial and industrial 

facilities accounted for about 18 percent and mining facilities 

accounted for 1.1 percent of all surface-water returns 

(table 8). Of the nearly 407 Mgal/d of water discharged 

to surface water by commercial and industrial facilities, 

34 percent was discharged in the Coastal Georgia and 

22 percent in the Coosa–North Georgia water-planning 

regions (table 8). Commercial and industrial discharges were 

lowest in the Upper Flint (0.39 Mgal/d) and Suwannee–Satilla 

(0.09 Mgal/d) water-planning regions. Mining activities 

discharged 24 Mgal/d of water to surface water and nearly 

30 percent of that occurred in the Metro North Georgia 

District, whereas 20 percent of the mining discharges were 

in the Savannah–Upper Ogeechee water-planning region and 

17 percent in the Middle Ocmulgee water-planning region 

(table 8). Surface-water returns from mining activities were 

not recorded in the Suwannee–Satilla, Altamaha, and Coastal 

Georgia water-planning regions in 2010. The dewatering of 

mine pits during sand and gravel extraction is the primary 

source of these surface-water returns.
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 29

Table 8. Surface-water returns by water-use category for water planning regions in Georgia, 2010.

Water-planning region 

(fig. 4)

Surface-water returns

(million gallons per day)

Public

wastewater Commercial Industrial Mining Aquaculture Thermoelectric Totals

Coosa-North Georgia 38.44 0.06 89.71 1.63 1.95 432.0 563.8

Middle Chattahoochee 39.55 0.13 0.35 3.09 0.00 0.00 43.12

Metro North Georgia 363.9 0.14 2.23 7.20 0.00 17.00 390.5

Upper Flint 11.30 0.01 0.38 0.15 0.00 0.00 11.84

Middle Ocmulgee 50.36 0.01 4.47 4.05 0.00 0.00 58.89

Upper Oconee 27.53 0.00 18.75 3.10 0.00 368.7 418.1

Savannah-Upper Ogeechee 52.25 0.03 50.93 4.83 0.00 0.00 108.0

Lower Flint-Ochlockonee 35.38 0.00 45.11 0.03 0.00 50.00 130.5

Suwannee-Satilla 27.75 0.08 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.84

Altamaha 12.58 0.75 53.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.21

Coastal Georgia 52.42 0.00 139.6 0.00 0.00 213.1 405.1

Total 711.5 1.2 405.4 24.10 1.95 1,081 2,225

Water Use and Surface-Water Returns 

by County 

Total water withdrawals, water use, and surfacewater returns by use category are listed in table 9 and in 

appendix 2 for each of the 159 Georgia counties. In 2010, 

6 of the 159 counties in Georgia (Fulton, Gwinnett, Dekalb, 

Cobb, Clayton, and Chatham) provided water to 43 percent 

of the nearly 8.3 million people receiving public-supplied 

water in Georgia. At least 70 percent of the total population 

in 10 Georgia counties were self-supplied with water from 

domestic wells; however, in Brantley County, 87 percent of the 

population was self-supplied (table 10). In contrast, less than 

1 percent of the 2010 population in Baldwin, Clayton, Dekalb, 

Gwinnett, and Muscogee Counties used self-supplied water. 
30 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Table 9. Water withdrawals, water use, and surface water returns by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

County

(fig. 1)

Withdrawals, in Mgal/d

Total

useb

(Mgal/d)

Surfacewater 

returns

(Mgal/d)

Public 

supply Domestic

Commercial and 

public

usea

Industrial Mining Irrigation

Livestock 

and 

aquaculture

Thermoelectric Totals

Appling 0.91 0.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.76 0.27 56.90 60.78 60.78 0.93

Atkinson 0.44 0.34 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.44 0.99 0.00 2.61 2.61 0.27

Bacon 0.59 0.47 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.81 0.08 0.00 2.25 2.25 0.71

Baker 0.12 0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 34.99 0.72 0.00 36.02 36.02 0.00

Baldwin 6.58 0.03 0.00 0.01 0.08 0.08 0.12 0.00 6.90 8.96 4.44

Banks 2.54 0.56 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.53 0.00 3.68 2.08 0.10

Barrow 4.60 0.51 0.00 0.39 0.05 0.79 0.19 0.00 6.53 9.59 0.51

Bartow 54.87 1.21 0.00 1.55 0.45 2.72 0.45 47.92 109.2 69.93 27.21

Ben Hill 3.23 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.07 0.07 0.00 5.66 5.66 2.65

Berrien 0.83 0.87 0.00 0.02 0.00 2.85 0.10 0.00 4.67 4.67 0.17

Bibb 23.60 2.17 0.00 14.61 0.01 0.65 0.04 0.00 41.08 43.53 36.79

Bleckley 0.74 0.59 0.12 0.00 0.00 6.32 0.08 0.00 7.85 7.85 0.33

Brantley 0.25 1.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.04 0.00 1.52 1.52 0.00

Brooks 0.94 0.72 0.01 0.06 0.00 5.61 0.42 0.00 7.76 7.76 0.00

Bryan 2.57 0.21 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.08 0.37 0.00 3.25 3.25 0.97

Bulloch 4.89 1.52 0.30 0.00 0.00 2.25 0.27 0.00 9.23 9.23 3.92

Burke 1.06 1.05 0.01 0.23 0.00 10.06 0.29 65.41 78.11 78.11 1.04

Butts 2.59 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.03 0.00 3.02 2.90 0.60

Calhoun 0.64 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.02 27.40 0.18 0.00 28.48 28.48 0.47

Camden 4.72 0.86 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.76 0.00 0.00 6.39 6.39 3.15

Candler 0.48 0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.34 0.06 0.00 2.27 2.27 0.00

Carroll 11.82 1.56 0.00 0.02 0.11 0.69 0.82 0.00 15.02 15.02 1.10

Catoosa 5.66 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.05 1.07 0.16 0.00 6.99 9.34 0.00

Charlton 0.63 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.00 1.27 1.27 0.48

Chatham 32.06 0.80 0.25 37.79 0.12 1.22 0.01 206.2 278.5 311.9 311.8

Chattahoochee 0.34 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.88 4.72 0.00

Chattooga 3.32 0.42 0.00 5.31 0.02 0.00 1.65 0.00 10.72 10.24 7.67

Cherokee 17.93 0.52 0.00 3.18 0.11 2.40 0.18 0.00 24.32 26.48 10.78

Clarke 12.77 1.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.23 0.02 0.00 15.11 17.09 12.38

Clay 0.29 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.10 0.08 0.00 4.58 4.58 0.09

Clayton 9.35 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.16 0.01 0.00 9.81 27.64 2.20

Clinch 0.48 0.22 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.76 0.76 0.26

Cobb 43.84 3.22 0.00 0.39 0.00 1.97 0.02 5.25 54.69 82.72 79.42

Coffee 3.48 1.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.48 0.58 0.00 9.13 9.13 2.33

Colquitt 3.64 1.67 0.00 1.14 0.00 16.27 0.65 0.00 23.37 23.37 3.10

Columbia 16.19 1.36 0.00 0.03 0.40 1.06 0.04 0.00 19.08 19.08 8.85

Cook 1.80 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.21 5.18 0.16 0.00 7.88 7.88 1.26

Coweta 7.73 0.90 0.00 0.00 0.12 1.72 0.07 42.58 53.12 55.58 3.59

Crawford 0.35 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.39 1.23 0.22 0.00 2.86 2.86 0.12

Crisp 2.23 0.60 0.00 0.12 0.00 15.72 0.07 0.00 18.74 18.74 2.88

Dade 2.09 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 2.28 2.28 0.28

Dawson 1.70 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.00 2.75 2.86 0.00
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 31

Table 9. Water withdrawals, water use, and surface water returns by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

County

(fig. 1)

Withdrawals, in Mgal/d

Total

useb

(Mgal/d)

Surfacewater 

returns

(Mgal/d)

Public 

supply Domestic

Commercial and 

public

usea

Industrial Mining Irrigation

Livestock 

and 

aquaculture

Thermoelectric Totals

Decatur 2.87 1.00 0.00 1.29 0.00 67.58 0.20 0.00 72.94 72.94 2.26

DeKalb 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 2.32 0.00 0.00 2.66 77.85c 36.74

Dodge 1.15 0.97 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.47 0.90 0.00 12.49 12.49 0.65

Dooly 2.35 0.57 0.00 0.10 0.00 24.48 0.15 0.00 27.65 27.65 0.10

Dougherty 15.33 0.28 0.00 8.30 0.05 16.96 0.06 50.01 90.99 90.99 68.59

Douglas 19.97 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.60 1.82 0.00 23.00 15.04 6.71

Early 1.34 0.32 0.00 109.5 0.00 36.15 0.21 0.00 147.5 147.5 43.70

Echols 0.05 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.09 0.03 0.00 1.42 1.42 0.00

Effingham 35.58 1.43 0.00 15.23 0.15 0.23 0.09 70.21 122.9 90.92 16.09

Elbert 1.59 0.98 0.01 0.00 0.08 0.48 0.32 0.00 3.46 3.46 1.03

Emanuel 1.67 0.83 0.00 0.97 0.00 2.73 0.39 0.00 6.59 6.59 0.84

Evans 0.59 0.52 0.00 1.50 0.03 2.25 0.12 0.00 5.01 5.01 0.02

Fannin 1.90 0.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 6.42 0.00 9.23 9.12 2.29

Fayette 10.66 1.06 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.87 0.02 0.00 12.79 12.87 5.54

Floyd 13.08 0.42 0.32 25.85 0.11 2.00 0.71 432.2 474.7 474.8 443.1

Forsyth 19.22 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.71 0.58 6.68 0.00 27.36 27.31 2.69

Franklin 2.39 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 1.22 0.00 4.73 4.48 0.73

Fulton 200.7 3.73 0.00 0.01 0.26 3.73 0.09 0.00 208.5 139.7d 137.5

Gilmer 3.11 1.21 0.00 1.42 0.07 0.33 0.70 0.00 6.84 6.84 3.51

Glascock 0.07 0.16 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.59

Glynn 10.15 0.95 0.08 41.22 0.00 3.46 0.67 8.09 64.62 64.62 56.94

Gordon 10.52 0.65 0.00 0.06 0.00 1.46 0.84 0.00 13.53 12.85 5.46

Grady 1.68 1.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.90 0.92 0.00 9.54 9.54 1.52

Greene 1.91 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.08 1.91 0.30 0.00 4.49 4.49 0.21

Gwinnett 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 1.87 0.02 0.00 2.70 80.64 40.02

Habersham 5.28 1.15 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.58 5.08 0.00 12.15 12.27 3.19

Hall 94.79 2.09 0.00 0.21 0.20 1.37 1.57 0.00 100.2 23.82e 9.03

Hancock 1.35 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.65 0.05 0.00 2.31 2.31 0.02

Haralson 2.62 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.62 0.00 3.91 4.11 0.81

Harris 6.27 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.20 0.05 0.00 7.10 4.27 1.52

Hart 1.15 1.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.80 0.00 4.20 4.66 0.00

Heard 1.46 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 48.61 50.49 50.47 0.00

Henry 37.48 2.01 0.00 0.00 0.19 2.41 0.86 0.00 42.95 24.73 23.09

Houston 23.76 0.17 0.00 2.96 0.02 5.95 0.05 0.00 32.91 30.98 11.48

Irwin 0.52 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.13 0.14 0.00 8.20 8.20 0.00

Jackson 10.83 1.14 0.00 0.48 0.09 0.43 3.63 0.00 16.60 12.05 1.93

Jasper 0.88 0.54 0.00 0.80 0.04 0.46 0.18 0.00 2.90 2.97 0.23

Jeff Davis 0.84 0.61 0.00 0.05 0.00 2.26 0.63 0.00 4.39 4.39 0.71

Jefferson 1.35 0.59 0.00 7.31 0.00 7.05 0.74 0.00 17.04 17.12 3.08

Jenkins 0.35 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.03 0.16 0.00 2.92 2.92 0.72

Johnson 0.56 0.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.78 0.08 0.00 1.94 1.94 0.70

Jones 4.45 1.06 0.00 0.00 0.95 0.27 0.10 0.00 6.83 4.07 1.51
32 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Table 9. Water withdrawals, water use, and surface water returns by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

County

(fig. 1)

Withdrawals, in Mgal/d

Total

useb

(Mgal/d)

Surfacewater 

returns

(Mgal/d)

Public 

supply Domestic

Commercial and 

public

usea

Industrial Mining Irrigation

Livestock 

and 

aquaculture

Thermoelectric Totals

Lamar 1.54 0.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.19 0.00 3.83 3.84 2.33

Lanier 0.52 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.87 0.04 0.00 1.95 1.95 0.09

Laurens 3.92 1.98 0.00 16.10 0.00 5.07 0.13 0.00 27.20 27.20 18.08

Lee 1.97 0.78 0.08 0.00 0.07 39.27 0.13 0.00 42.30 42.30 0.54

Liberty 6.75 0.69 0.05 8.96 0.09 0.02 0.01 0.00 16.57 16.57 11.81

Lincoln 0.51 0.20 0.00 1.01 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 1.83 1.83 0.25

Long 0.54 0.74 0.01 0.00 0.31 0.46 0.05 0.00 2.11 2.11 0.02

Lowndes 14.01 1.26 0.00 8.99 0.00 1.44 0.09 0.00 25.79 25.79 9.70

Lumpkin 1.32 1.47 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.28 0.15 0.00 3.26 3.26 0.62

McDuffie 2.20 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.58 0.14 0.00 3.45 3.45 1.21

McIntosh 1.05 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.00 1.56 1.56 0.26

Macon 0.88 0.61 0.01 10.05 0.00 14.74 0.66 0.00 26.95 26.95 1.33

Madison 0.50 1.52 0.00 0.10 0.02 0.30 0.80 0.00 3.24 3.37 0.05

Marion 0.72 0.18 0.00 0.27 0.24 1.31 0.14 0.00 2.86 2.86 0.48

Meriwether 0.23 0.97 0.21 0.11 0.00 0.21 0.26 0.00 1.99 2.97 0.35

Miller 0.27 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.28 0.22 0.00 46.08 46.08 0.27

Mitchell 3.86 0.88 0.24 0.84 0.00 58.91 0.69 0.14 65.56 65.56 0.08

Monroe 1.51 1.19 0.01 0.00 0.46 0.64 0.17 55.23 59.21 59.55 0.92

Montgomery 0.45 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.81 0.79 0.00 2.51 2.51 0.31

Morgan 1.50 0.52 0.01 0.05 0.00 1.99 1.28 0.00 5.35 5.35 0.71

Murray 2.65 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.23 0.61 0.00 3.86 4.84 1.27

Muscogee 37.30 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.56 0.87 0.00 4.59 43.33 36.81 32.97

Newton 12.83 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.82 0.14 0.00 14.10 9.72 0.03

Oconee 0.37 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.02 2.23 0.00 7.29 9.75 0.36

Oglethorpe 0.30 0.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.76 0.00 2.20 2.20 0.05

Paulding 0.13 0.79 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.85 0.11 0.00 2.08 12.61 0.71

Peach 2.63 0.77 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.22 0.04 0.00 8.66 8.66 1.67

Pickens 2.94 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.11 0.26 0.00 4.07 4.67 0.83

Pierce 0.74 0.90 0.00 0.08 0.00 2.31 0.10 0.00 4.13 4.13 0.00

Pike 4.44 0.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.39 0.16 0.00 6.92 3.07 0.15

Polk 5.50 0.07 0.00 1.29 0.08 0.26 0.56 0.00 7.76 7.29 3.70

Pulaski 1.00 0.52 0.00 0.54 0.00 13.31 0.02 0.00 15.39 15.39 1.28

Putnam 4.19 0.19 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.47 0.24 952.4 957.6 955.5 369.2

Quitman 0.14 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.02 0.00 0.46 0.47 0.00

Rabun 1.50 0.34 0.00 0.10 0.06 0.42 0.42 0.29 3.13 3.13 1.40

Randolph 0.57 0.20 0.00 0.18 0.00 21.34 0.06 0.00 22.35 22.35 0.39

Richmond 43.99 0.35 0.19 67.77 1.53 0.90 0.04 0.00 114.8 114.8 83.2

Rockdale 11.81 1.07 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.71 0.03 0.00 13.63 13.63 5.12

Schley 0.43 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.14 0.00 1.08 1.08 0.13

Screven 0.89 0.73 0.01 1.82 0.00 3.61 0.13 0.00 7.19 7.19 2.95
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 33

Table 9. Water withdrawals, water use, and surface water returns by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

County

(fig. 1)

Withdrawals, in Mgal/d

Total

useb

(Mgal/d)

Surfacewater 

returns

(Mgal/d)

Public 

supply Domestic

Commercial and 

public

usea

Industrial Mining Irrigation

Livestock 

and 

aquaculture

Thermoelectric Totals

Seminole 0.58 0.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 44.22 0.07 0.00 45.24 45.24 0.43

Spalding 5.22 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.42 0.02 0.00 6.28 7.55 0.86

Stephens 3.13 0.16 0.08 0.00 0.12 2.29 0.18 0.00 5.96 5.84 1.06

Stewart 0.40 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.96 0.02 0.00 1.51 1.51 0.36

Sumter 2.78 0.93 0.02 0.26 1.60 35.40 0.54 0.00 41.53 41.53 2.63

Talbot 1.22 0.18 0.00 0.00 0.81 0.01 0.30 0.00 2.52 1.86 0.15

Taliaferro 0.05 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.05

Tattnall 1.11 1.32 0.22 0.03 0.01 5.03 1.66 0.00 9.38 9.38 1.88

Taylor 0.76 0.39 0.01 1.72 0.09 2.20 0.82 0.00 5.99 5.99 0.07

Telfair 1.43 0.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.15 0.06 0.00 5.29 5.29 0.74

Terrell 1.59 0.20 0.01 0.00 0.00 22.82 0.16 0.00 24.78 24.78 1.53

Thomas 5.49 1.03 0.03 0.19 1.03 3.01 0.29 0.00 11.07 11.07 4.06

Tift 5.62 0.86 0.17 0.00 0.00 9.04 0.12 0.00 15.81 15.81 4.80

Toombs 2.92 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.06 6.94 0.14 0.00 10.70 10.70 1.40

Towns 1.37 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.17 2.88 0.00 4.48 4.48 0.29

Treutlen 0.45 0.33 0.00 0.19 0.00 1.03 0.02 0.00 2.02 1.98 0.43

Troup 10.52 1.08 0.01 0.02 0.11 0.13 0.10 0.00 11.97 12.09 5.87

Turner 0.70 0.24 0.02 0.00 0.00 8.15 0.50 0.00 9.61 9.61 1.03

Twiggs 0.39 0.52 0.00 5.16 0.03 0.41 0.06 0.00 6.57 6.57 1.93

Union 1.90 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.39 5.36 0.00 8.01 8.01 0.29

Upson 4.48 0.94 0.00 0.26 0.00 0.40 0.25 0.00 6.33 6.33 2.71

Walker 6.33 0.36 0.12 0.59 0.00 0.02 1.19 0.00 8.61 10.93 3.13

Walton 2.82 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.03 2.99 0.16 0.00 6.81 10.49 2.87

Ware 3.37 0.39 0.00 0.64 0.00 1.28 0.09 0.00 5.77 5.77 4.09

Warren 0.34 0.24 0.00 1.04 0.39 0.00 0.13 0.00 2.14 2.14 2.36

Washington 2.67 0.85 0.00 12.02 1.11 7.64 0.10 0.00 24.39 24.39 4.49

Wayne 1.73 1.18 0.02 57.84 0.00 1.09 0.09 0.00 61.95 61.95 55.91

Webster 0.13 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.55 1.11 0.00 8.94 8.94 0.00

Wheeler 0.18 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.10 0.00 2.72 2.72 0.37

White 1.50 0.99 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.34 0.00 2.89 2.89 0.32

Whitfield 20.68 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.59 0.69 0.00 22.58 26.47 87.79

Wilcox 0.27 0.45 0.02 0.00 0.00 6.33 0.56 0.00 7.63 7.63 1.99

Wilkes 1.02 0.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.43 0.00 1.90 1.90 0.62

Wilkinson 0.67 0.30 0.00 13.78 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.00 14.83 14.83 2.87

Worth 1.21 0.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.64 0.21 0.20 18.17 18.17 3.96

Total 1,121 107.4 2.66 495.1 16.96 802.0 79.21 2,046 4,670 4,675 2,225

a

Public use is water delivered by a public supplier to municipal buildings and golf courses, parks, and public safety buildings and areas.

b

Total use includes public-supplied deliveries for domestic, commercial, industrial, and public uses; public supply losses (table 10); and self-supplied 

domestic, commercial, industrial, minning, irrigation, livestock and aquaculture, and thermoelectric uses. If total withdrawals exceed total use, then water 

was delivered out of the county. If total withdrawal is less than total use, then water was delivered into the county.

c

Includes 0.12 Mgal/d metered irrigation deliveries.

d

Includes 2.77 Mgal/d metered irrigation deliveries.

e

Includes 0.25 Mgal/d metered irrigation deliveries.
34 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Table 10. Population served and public-supply deliveries by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day; <, less than]

County

(fig. 1)

Population

(thousands)

Percentage 

of population

self 

supplied

Public-supply deliveriesb

(million gallons per day)

Percentage of

public-supply deliveries

Public

supplied 

Selfsupplied 

domestica

Domestic

Commercial 

and

public use

Industrial Irrigation System

lossesc Domestic

Commercial 

and public 

use

Industrial System 

losses

Appling 5.70 12.54 68.7 0.64 0.04 0.05 0.00 0.18 70.3 4.4 5.5 19.8

Atkinson 3.90 4.48 53.4 0.25 0.01 0.12 0.00 0.06 56.8 2.3 27.3 13.6

Bacon 4.86 6.24 56.2 0.42 0.06 0.02 0.00 0.09 71.2 10.2 3.4 15.3

Baker 0.87 2.58 74.8 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 83.3 0.0 0.0 16.7

Baldwin 45.29 0.43 0.9 2.61 4.00 0.78 0.00 1.25 30.2 46.3 9.0 14.5

Banks 10.94 7.46 40.5 0.73 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.14 77.7 6.4 1.1 14.9

Barrow 62.63 6.74 9.7 4.76 0.87 0.78 0.00 1.25 62.1 11.4 10.2 16.3

Bartow 84.03 16.13 16.1 8.16 1.90 2.47 0.00 3.10 52.2 12.2 15.8 19.8

Ben Hill 13.73 3.90 22.1 1.62 0.45 0.58 0.00 0.58 50.2 13.9 18.0 18.0

Berrien 7.66 11.63 60.3 0.58 0.15 0.01 0.00 0.09 69.9 18.1 1.2 10.8

Bibb 126.67 28.88 18.6 13.73 6.59 1.89 0.00 3.84 52.7 25.3 7.3 14.7

Bleckley 5.22 7.84 60.0 0.32 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.27 42.6 21.4 0.0 36.0

Brantley 2.38 16.03 87.1 0.18 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.02 72.0 20.0 0.0 8.0

Brooks 6.67 9.57 58.9 0.61 0.21 0.01 0.00 0.11 64.9 22.3 1.1 11.7

Bryan 27.38 2.85 9.4 2.31 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.10 89.9 6.2 0.0 3.9

Bulloch 49.98 20.24 28.8 3.08 1.07 0.20 0.00 0.54 63.0 21.9 4.1 11.0

Burke 9.36 13.96 59.9 0.62 0.10 0.14 0.00 0.20 58.5 9.4 13.2 18.9

Butts 20.81 2.84 12.0 1.62 0.36 0.21 0.00 0.28 65.6 14.6 8.5 11.3

Calhoun 3.47 3.22 48.2 0.32 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.10 50.0 34.4 0.0 15.6

Camden 39.00 11.51 22.8 3.13 0.73 0.18 0.00 0.68 66.3 15.5 3.8 14.4

Candler 5.74 5.26 47.8 0.37 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.06 77.1 10.4 0.0 12.5

Carroll 89.76 20.77 18.8 6.70 1.73 1.37 0.00 2.02 56.7 14.6 11.6 17.1

Catoosa 63.21 0.73 1.1 5.92 0.55 0.07 0.00 1.47 73.9 6.9 0.9 18.4

Charlton 4.90 7.27 59.7 0.49 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.07 77.8 11.1 0.0 11.1

Chatham 254.45 10.68 4.0 20.84 6.95 25.80 0.00 11.85 31.8 10.6 39.4 18.1

Chattahoochee 4.12 7.15 63.4 0.28 0.01 3.84 0.00 0.05 6.7 0.2 91.9 1.2

Chattooga 20.45 5.57 21.4 1.68 0.25 0.27 0.00 0.64 59.2 8.8 9.5 22.5

Cherokee 207.38 6.97 3.2 14.95 1.33 0.59 0.00 3.22 74.4 6.6 2.9 16.0

Clarke 102.12 14.59 12.5 7.15 3.07 2.30 0.00 2.23 48.5 20.8 15.6 15.1

Clay 1.70 1.48 46.6 0.23 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03 79.3 10.3 0.0 10.3

Clayton 258.90 0.52 0.2 19.34 2.06 1.65 0.00 4.13 71.2 7.6 6.1 15.2

Clinch 3.84 2.96 43.5 0.28 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.06 58.3 14.6 14.6 12.5

Cobb 645.08 43.00 6.2 34.81 23.54 3.02 0.00 10.50 48.4 32.8 4.2 14.6

Coffee 21.14 21.22 50.1 1.72 0.97 0.32 0.00 0.47 49.4 27.9 9.2 13.5

Colquitt 23.27 22.23 48.9 1.76 0.75 0.08 0.00 1.05 48.4 20.6 2.2 28.8

Columbia 105.91 18.14 14.6 10.61 4.02 0.16 0.00 1.40 65.5 24.8 1.0 8.6

Cook 10.20 7.01 40.7 1.13 0.36 0.03 0.00 0.28 62.8 20.0 1.7 15.6

Coweta 115.29 12.03 9.4 6.88 1.14 0.85 0.00 1.32 67.5 11.2 8.3 13.0

Crawford 3.76 8.87 70.2 0.26 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.05 74.3 11.4 0.0 14.3

Crisp 15.46 7.98 34.0 1.20 0.62 0.01 0.00 0.40 53.8 27.8 0.4 17.9

Dade 15.47 1.16 7.0 1.21 0.53 0.04 0.00 0.31 57.9 25.4 1.9 14.8

Dawson 16.37 5.96 26.7 1.14 0.29 0.02 0.00 0.36 63.0 16.0 1.1 19.9
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 35

Table 10. Population served and public-supply deliveries by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day; <, less than]

County

(fig. 1)

Population

(thousands)

Percentage 

of population

self 

supplied

Public-supply deliveriesb

(million gallons per day)

Percentage of

public-supply deliveries

Public

supplied 

Selfsupplied 

domestica

Domestic

Commercial 

and

public use

Industrial Irrigation System

lossesc Domestic

Commercial 

and public 

use

Industrial System 

losses

Decatur 14.49 13.35 48.0 2.24 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.27 78.0 12.5 0.0 9.4

DeKalb 691.89 0.00 0.0 38.97 20.49 5.29 0.12 10.32 51.8 27.3 7.0 13.7

Dodge 8.80 13.00 59.6 0.62 0.29 0.09 0.00 0.15 53.9 25.2 7.8 13.0

Dooly 7.29 7.63 51.1 0.76 0.51 0.52 0.00 0.56 32.3 21.7 22.1 23.8

Dougherty 90.87 3.69 3.9 8.23 4.09 0.71 0.00 2.30 53.7 26.7 4.6 15.0

Douglas 128.54 3.86 2.9 8.20 1.36 0.41 0.00 2.04 68.3 11.3 3.4 17.0

Early 6.79 4.22 38.3 0.84 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.22 63.2 20.3 0.0 16.5

Echols 0.76 3.27 81.2 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Effingham 33.15 19.10 36.6 2.51 0.27 0.33 0.00 0.47 70.1 7.5 9.2 13.1

Elbert 7.09 13.08 64.8 0.68 0.17 0.52 0.00 0.22 42.8 10.7 32.7 13.8

Emanuel 11.57 11.03 48.8 1.12 0.27 0.09 0.00 0.19 67.1 16.2 5.4 11.4

Evans 4.12 6.88 62.5 0.40 0.10 0.02 0.00 0.07 67.8 16.9 3.4 11.9

Fannin 11.82 11.86 50.1 1.09 0.39 0.04 0.00 0.27 60.9 21.8 2.2 15.1

Fayette 92.43 14.14 13.3 7.88 0.92 0.46 0.00 1.42 73.8 8.6 4.3 13.3

Floyd 90.71 5.61 5.8 6.72 3.08 1.15 0.00 2.27 50.8 23.3 8.7 17.2

Forsyth 173.29 2.22 1.3 11.50 3.11 2.14 0.00 2.42 60.0 16.2 11.2 12.6

Franklin 12.72 9.36 42.4 1.13 0.42 0.40 0.00 0.19 52.8 19.6 18.7 8.9

Fulton 870.81 49.77 5.4 84.18 9.61 3.53 2.77 31.80 63.8 7.3 2.7 24.1

Gilmer 12.15 16.14 57.1 0.65 0.46 1.51 0.00 0.49 20.9 14.8 48.6 15.8

Glascock 0.90 2.18 70.8 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Glynn 66.95 12.68 15.9 5.77 2.55 0.24 0.00 1.60 56.8 25.1 2.4 15.7

Gordon 46.51 8.68 15.7 4.05 2.42 1.79 0.00 1.58 41.2 24.6 18.2 16.1

Grady 11.13 13.88 55.5 1.17 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.24 70.1 15.6 0.0 14.4

Greene 12.15 3.84 24.0 1.50 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.20 78.5 11.0 0.0 10.5

Gwinnett 805.32 0.00 0.0 51.83 21.47 0.50 0.00 4.55 66.2 27.4 0.6 5.8

Habersham 27.67 15.37 35.7 2.67 0.54 1.41 0.00 0.78 49.4 10.0 26.1 14.4

Hall 151.82 27.86 15.5 8.43 2.16 4.85 0.25 2.69 45.9 11.8 26.4 14.6

Hancock 6.80 2.63 27.9 0.51 0.62 0.00 0.00 0.22 37.8 45.9 0.0 16.3

Haralson 22.75 6.03 21.0 1.65 0.47 0.05 0.00 0.65 58.5 16.7 1.8 23.0

Harris 25.98 6.04 18.9 2.17 0.12 0.94 0.00 0.21 63.1 3.5 27.3 6.1

Hart 10.10 15.11 59.9 0.98 0.35 0.04 0.00 0.24 60.9 21.7 2.5 14.9

Heard 8.37 3.46 29.3 0.60 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.31 41.1 37.7 0.0 21.2

Henry 177.08 26.84 13.2 13.87 2.10 0.49 0.00 2.80 72.0 10.9 2.5 14.5

Houston 137.57 2.33 1.7 14.47 2.56 1.15 0.00 3.65 66.3 11.7 5.3 16.7

Irwin 4.03 5.51 57.7 0.26 0.15 0.04 0.00 0.07 50.0 28.8 7.7 13.5

Jackson 45.34 15.15 25.0 3.61 1.21 0.45 0.00 1.01 57.5 19.3 7.2 16.1

Jasper 6.70 7.20 51.8 0.60 0.20 0.04 0.00 0.11 63.2 21.1 4.2 11.6

Jeff Davis 6.96 8.11 53.8 0.52 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.20 61.9 8.3 6.0 23.8

Jefferson 9.06 7.87 46.5 0.91 0.27 0.03 0.00 0.14 67.4 20.0 2.2 10.4

Jenkins 3.34 5.00 60.0 0.22 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.07 62.9 17.1 0.0 20.0

Johnson 3.06 6.92 69.3 0.20 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.08 35.7 50.0 0.0 14.3

Jones 14.55 14.12 49.2 1.29 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.26 76.3 8.3 0.0 15.4
36 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Table 10. Population served and public-supply deliveries by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day; <, less than]

County

(fig. 1)

Population

(thousands)

Percentage 

of population

self 

supplied

Public-supply deliveriesb

(million gallons per day)

Percentage of

public-supply deliveries

Public

supplied 

Selfsupplied 

domestica

Domestic

Commercial 

and

public use

Industrial Irrigation System

lossesc Domestic

Commercial 

and public 

use

Industrial System 

losses

Lamar 8.33 9.99 54.5 1.12 0.18 0.01 0.00 0.23 72.7 11.7 0.6 14.9

Lanier 4.36 5.72 56.7 0.33 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.07 63.5 23.1 0.0 13.5

Laurens 21.99 26.44 54.6 2.17 0.51 0.39 0.00 0.85 55.4 13.0 9.9 21.7

Lee 17.92 10.38 36.7 1.45 0.20 0.02 0.00 0.30 73.6 10.2 1.0 15.2

Liberty 54.20 9.25 14.6 3.34 0.68 1.79 0.00 0.94 49.5 10.1 26.5 13.9

Lincoln 5.28 2.72 34.0 0.38 0.06 0.01 0.00 0.06 74.5 11.8 2.0 11.8

Long 4.56 9.90 68.5 0.32 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.08 59.3 25.9 0.0 14.8

Lowndes 92.40 16.83 15.4 7.66 3.08 1.14 0.00 2.13 54.7 22.0 8.1 15.2

Lumpkin 10.32 19.65 65.6 0.72 0.28 0.14 0.00 0.18 54.5 21.2 10.6 13.6

McDuffie 14.78 7.10 32.4 0.97 0.52 0.35 0.00 0.36 44.1 23.6 15.9 16.4

McIntosh 10.87 3.46 24.2 0.95 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.06 90.5 3.8 0.0 5.7

Macon 6.57 8.17 55.4 0.48 0.08 0.15 0.00 0.17 54.5 9.1 17.0 19.3

Madison 7.84 20.28 72.1 0.42 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.15 66.7 7.9 1.6 23.8

Marion 6.29 2.45 28.0 0.47 0.06 0.05 0.00 0.14 65.3 8.3 6.9 19.4

Meriwether 9.08 12.91 58.7 0.72 0.24 0.01 0.00 0.24 59.5 19.8 0.8 19.8

Miller 1.97 4.16 67.8 0.15 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.05 55.6 25.9 0.0 18.5

Mitchell 11.79 11.71 49.8 1.01 0.68 1.77 0.00 0.40 26.2 17.6 45.9 10.4

Monroe 10.58 15.84 60.0 1.33 0.22 0.02 0.00 0.28 71.9 11.9 1.1 15.1

Montgomery 3.73 5.39 59.1 0.37 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.01 82.2 15.6 0.0 2.2

Morgan 10.94 6.93 38.8 0.63 0.46 0.23 0.00 0.18 42.0 30.7 15.3 12.0

Murray 34.92 4.71 11.9 2.39 0.35 0.48 0.00 0.41 65.8 9.6 13.2 11.3

Muscogee 189.88 0.01 0.0 17.33 6.46 1.75 0.00 5.24 56.3 21.0 5.7 17.0

Newton 97.15 2.81 2.8 5.74 1.00 0.43 0.00 1.28 67.9 11.8 5.1 15.1

Oconee 23.92 8.89 27.1 1.63 0.86 0.04 0.00 0.30 57.6 30.4 1.4 10.6

Oglethorpe 3.89 11.01 73.9 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 93.3 0.0 0.0 6.7

Paulding 131.78 10.54 7.4 8.09 0.67 0.16 0.00 1.74 75.9 6.3 1.5 16.3

Peach 17.42 10.28 37.1 1.53 0.52 0.09 0.00 0.49 58.2 19.8 3.4 18.6

Pickens 22.26 7.17 24.4 2.53 0.36 0.10 0.00 0.55 71.5 10.2 2.8 15.5

Pierce 6.76 12.00 64.0 0.54 0.07 0.05 0.00 0.08 73.0 9.5 6.8 10.8

Pike 5.49 12.38 69.3 0.44 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.06 74.6 15.3 0.0 10.2

Polk 40.52 0.95 2.3 3.20 0.51 0.45 0.00 0.87 63.6 10.1 8.9 17.3

Pulaski 5.08 6.93 57.7 0.59 0.17 0.01 0.00 0.23 59.0 17.0 1.0 23.0

Putnam 18.66 2.56 12.1 0.93 0.33 0.05 0.00 0.78 44.5 15.8 2.4 37.3

Quitman 1.86 0.65 26.0 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 <0.01 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Rabun 11.68 4.60 28.2 0.90 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.56 60.0 2.7 0.0 37.3

Randolph 5.09 2.63 34.1 0.39 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.10 68.4 14.0 0.0 17.5

Richmond 195.88 4.67 2.3 14.85 14.73 5.64 0.00 8.77 33.8 33.5 12.8 19.9

Rockdale 70.92 14.30 16.8 5.45 3.01 1.27 0.00 2.08 46.1 25.5 10.8 17.6

Schley 4.53 0.48 9.6 0.32 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.07 74.4 7.0 2.3 16.3

Screven 4.87 9.72 66.6 0.39 0.25 0.05 0.00 0.20 43.8 28.1 5.6 22.5
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 37

Table 10. Population served and public-supply deliveries by county in Georgia, 2010.—Continued

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day; <, less than]

County

(fig. 1)

Population

(thousands)

Percentage 

of population

self 

supplied

Public-supply deliveriesb

(million gallons per day)

Percentage of

public-supply deliveries

Public

supplied 

Selfsupplied 

domestica

Domestic

Commercial 

and

public use

Industrial Irrigation System

lossesc Domestic

Commercial 

and public 

use

Industrial System 

losses

Seminole 3.80 4.93 56.5 0.41 0.08 0.01 0.00 0.08 70.7 13.8 1.7 13.8

Spalding 56.87 7.20 11.2 3.09 0.73 0.22 0.00 2.45 47.6 11.2 3.4 37.8

Stephens 24.04 2.14 8.2 1.84 0.43 0.31 0.00 0.43 61.1 14.3 10.3 14.3

Stewart 4.26 1.80 29.7 0.32 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.04 80.0 10.0 0.0 10.0

Sumter 20.47 12.35 37.6 1.68 0.46 0.03 0.00 0.61 60.4 16.5 1.1 21.9

Talbot 4.51 2.36 34.3 0.38 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.09 67.9 16.1 0.0 16.1

Taliaferro 0.67 1.05 61.0 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Tattnall 7.90 17.62 69.0 0.57 0.16 0.20 0.00 0.18 51.4 14.4 18.0 16.2

Taylor 3.76 5.15 57.8 0.56 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.12 73.7 10.5 0.0 15.8

Telfair 7.83 8.67 52.5 0.73 0.37 0.06 0.00 0.27 51.0 25.9 4.2 18.9

Terrell 6.70 2.62 28.1 0.54 0.17 0.28 0.00 0.60 34.0 10.7 17.6 37.7

Thomas 30.94 13.78 30.8 2.46 1.21 0.36 0.00 1.46 44.8 22.0 6.6 26.6

Tift 28.61 11.51 28.7 3.77 1.01 0.05 0.00 0.79 67.1 18.0 0.9 14.1

Toombs 18.72 8.50 31.2 1.45 0.52 0.44 0.00 0.51 49.7 17.8 15.1 17.5

Towns 9.75 0.72 6.9 1.00 0.14 0.01 0.00 0.22 73.0 10.2 0.7 16.1

Treutlen 2.48 4.41 64.0 0.26 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.07 65.0 17.5 0.0 17.5

Troup 52.62 14.42 21.5 4.33 2.47 2.15 0.00 1.57 41.2 23.5 20.4 14.9

Turner 5.67 3.26 36.5 0.44 0.12 0.02 0.00 0.12 62.9 17.1 2.9 17.1

Twiggs 2.12 6.90 76.5 0.22 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.05 56.4 30.8 0.0 12.8

Union 17.56 3.80 17.8 1.12 0.23 0.19 0.00 0.36 58.9 12.1 10.0 18.9

Upson 14.59 12.56 46.3 2.67 0.65 0.10 0.00 1.06 59.6 14.5 2.2 23.7

Walker 63.98 4.78 6.9 4.67 1.60 0.40 0.00 1.98 54.0 18.5 4.6 22.9

Walton 72.94 10.83 12.9 4.03 1.10 0.12 0.00 1.25 62.0 16.9 1.8 19.2

Ware 31.16 5.15 14.2 2.00 0.51 0.46 0.00 0.40 59.3 15.1 13.6 11.9

Warren 2.61 3.22 55.3 0.23 0.04 0.02 0.00 0.05 67.6 11.8 5.9 14.7

Washington 9.83 11.36 53.6 0.81 1.42 0.05 0.00 0.39 30.3 53.2 1.9 14.6

Wayne 14.30 15.80 52.5 1.03 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.21 59.5 28.3 0.0 12.1

Webster 0.84 1.96 70.0 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 84.6 0.0 0.0 15.4

Wheeler 1.77 5.65 76.1 0.12 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03 66.7 16.7 0.0 16.7

White 14.00 13.14 48.4 0.83 0.48 0.03 0.00 0.16 55.3 32.0 2.0 10.7

Whitfield 97.18 5.42 5.3 7.40 6.17 8.14 0.00 2.86 30.1 25.1 33.1 11.6

Wilcox 3.19 6.07 65.5 0.22 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03 78.6 10.7 0.0 10.7

Wilkes 5.61 4.98 47.0 0.48 0.11 0.29 0.00 0.14 47.1 10.8 28.4 13.7

Wilkinson 5.57 3.99 41.8 0.46 0.09 0.06 0.00 0.06 68.7 13.4 9.0 9.0

Worth 9.54 12.14 56.0 0.71 0.18 0.04 0.00 0.28 58.7 14.9 3.3 23.1

Total 8,255.25 1,432.40 36.7a 623.5 209.2 107.9 3.14 181.8 60.9d 14.9d 2.9d 14.9d

a

Self-supplied domestic population is the difference between the total county population and the population served by public water suppliers.

b

Not included is 0.4 Mgal/d of water delivered to Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

c

Public-supply system losses include water lost from the water distribution system and includes pipe leaks and breaks, fire suppression, and unauthorized use. 

About 3 Mgal/d of public-supply deliveries are unaccountable and may be additional system losses.

d

Median.
38 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Self-Supplied Water Use

Self-supplied water is water withdrawn from a groundwater or surface-water source by a user other than a public 

supplier. Self-supplied users include rural households on 

individual wells, commercial and industrial businesses, mining 

operations, irrigated crop land and golf courses (irrigation), 

livestock and aquaculture production, and thermoelectricpower generation. Although the self-supplied populations in 

Fulton County and Cobb County were less than 6.5 percent of 

the 2010 Georgia population (table 10), they had the highest 

self-supplied domestic withdrawals, 3.7 Mgal/d in Fulton 

County and 3.2 Mgal/d in Cobb County, among Georgia 

counties in 2010 (table 9).

Estimated self-supplied commercial, industrial, and 

mining withdrawals amounted to 2.7, 495, and 17 Mgal/d, 

respectively, in 2010 (table 2). About 78 percent of commercial withdrawals was groundwater. The highest commercial 

withdrawals were in Floyd County (0.32 Mgal/d), Bulloch 

County (0.30 Mgal/d), and Chatham County (0.25 Mgal/d; 

table 9). About 58 percent of industrial withdrawals was 

surface water (table 2). The highest industrial withdrawals 

occurred in Early County (109 Mgal/d), followed by Richmond (68 Mgal/d) and Wayne Counties (58 Mgal/d). Mining 

withdrawals represent water used in the actual extraction of 

the raw mineral or rock complex. About 98 percent of mining 

withdrawals were groundwater in 2010. The counties with the 

highest withdrawals for mining were Sumter (1.6 Mgal/d), 

Richmond (1.5 Mgal/d), and Washington (1.1 Mgal/d; table 9).

Estimated self-supplied withdrawals for irrigation were 

802 Mgal/d in 2010 (table 2). Crop irrigation accounted for 

93 percent of the total water withdrawn for irrigation; golf 

course irrigation accounted for the remaining 7 percent. 

About 77 percent of water for crop irrigation was groundwater, whereas groundwater accounted for 39 percent of water 

used to irrigate golf courses. Withdrawals for crop irrigation (mostly groundwater) were highest in Decatur County 

(68 Mgal/d), followed by Mitchell County (59 Mgal/d) and 

Miller County (45 Mgal/d; table 9). Ninety-seven Georgia 

counties used a greater percentage of groundwater than surface 

water to irrigate crops, whereas 38 Georgia counties used a 

greater percentage of surface water than groundwater to irrigate crops in 2010. Surface-water withdrawals for irrigation 

were highest in Calhoun County at 17 Mgal/d. Two counties, 

Fannin and Clay, used an equal percentage of surface water 

and groundwater for crop irrigation. In addition, 21 counties 

withdrew less than 9,000 gal/d for crop irrigation. 

Water withdrawals for golf course irrigation were nearly 

55 Mgal/d in 2010; about 61 percent of these withdrawals 

were from surface water (table 2). Withdrawals were highest 

in Fulton County (3.7 Mgal/d, mostly surface water), followed 

by Glynn County (3.44 Mgal/d, mostly groundwater), Henry 

County and Stephens County (each 2.3 Mgal/d, mostly groundwater), and Dekalb County (2.3 Mgal/d, mostly surface water).

Water withdrawals for livestock and aquaculture 

production totaled 79 Mgal/d in 2010, of which 92 percent 

was surface water (table 2). Of that 79 Mgal/d, livestock 

used nearly 37 percent and aquaculture about 63 percent. 

Water withdrawals for livestock and aquaculture were 

highest in Forsyth (6.7 Mgal/d), Fannin (6.4 Mgal/d), Union 

(5.4 Mgal/d), and Habersham (5.1 Mgal/d) Counties (table 9), 

with 90 to 99 percent of the use attributed to high aquaculture water use associated with Federal and State gamefish 

hatcheries, private baitfish hatcheries, and private trout farms. 

Water use for livestock production was highest in Franklin 

County (1.2 Mgal/d, primarily poultry production), followed 

by Gordon, Carroll, Hart, Madison, and Oglethorpe Counties 

(0.8 Mgal/d each, primarily poultry and beef production). 

At least one thermoelectric-power generation facility was 

present in 17 Georgia counties in 2010. About 99.8 percent 

of the 2,046 Mgal/d of water withdrawn for thermoelectricpower generation was surface water and about 52 percent of 

that water was returned to surface water in 2010 (table 2). The 

thermoelectric facilities in seven counties use once-through 

cooling, which means that water is withdrawn, conveyed 

through the facility for cooling, and discharged back to 

surface water. Facilities that use once-through cooling return 

about 99 percent of the amount withdrawn back to surface 

water. Once-through cooling facilities include Plant Branch 

in Putnam County (952 Mgal/d), Plant Hammond in Floyd 

County (432 Mgal/d), Plant Kraft in Chatham County 

(206 Mgal/d of saline surface water), Plant McIntosh in 

Effingham County (70 Mgal/d), Plant Mitchell in Dougherty County (50 Mgal/d), Plant McManus in Glynn County 

(8.1 Mgal/d of saline surface water), and Crisp County Power 

in Worth County (0.2 Mgal/d; table 9). 

The thermoelectric-power facilities in 10 counties use a 

recirculating cooling system, which means that water is withdrawn from a source and discharged into a storage reservoir, 

where the water is conveyed through the facility to cooling 

towers, and the remaining water is returned to the storage 

reservoir. Typically, most of the water withdrawn is lost 

through evaporation in the cooling towers (consumptive use). 

About 343 Mgal/d was withdrawn by thermoelectric-power 
Water Withdrawals, Estimated Water Use, and Surface-Water Returns 39

facilities using recirculating cooling systems. Two of those 

facilities, one in Burke County (65 Mgal/d) and one in Heard 

County (49 Mgal/d), withdrew the most water, followed 

by facilities in Appling, Monroe, and Dougherty Counties 

(table 9). 

Public Supply

About 1,121 Mgal/d of water was withdrawn for 

public supply in 2010 and 78 percent of that amount was 

surface water (table 2). Public suppliers in Fulton County 

withdrew 201 Mgal/d of water (mostly surface water), the 

highest among all counties in Georgia (table 9). This amount 

represents 18 percent of all public-supply withdrawals and 

23 percent of all surface-water withdrawals for public supply 

in 2010. After Fulton County, public-supply withdrawals in 

Hall County (95 Mgal/d) were the next highest in Georgia. In 

contrast, public-supply withdrawals were only 0.05 Mgal/d 

in Taliaferro County and 0.13 Mgal/d in Webster County, the 

two least populated counties in Georgia. 

In 2010, public water suppliers delivered about 

1,125 Mgal/d to their customers. Approximately 0.4 Mgal/d 

of water was delivered to public suppliers in Alabama, South 

Carolina, and Tennessee. In Georgia, 60.9 percent (median) 

of public water was delivered to domestic customers, with a 

range of 6.1 percent in Chattahoochee County to 100 percent 

in Echols, Glascock, Quitman, and Taliaferro Counties 

(table 10). About 14.9 percent (median) of public water 

was delivered to commercial and public use customers, 

with a range of 0 percent in seven counties to 53 percent 

in Washington County. In addition, 2.9 percent (median) 

of public water was delivered to industrial customers, with 

a range of 0 percent in 40 counties to about 92 percent in 

Chattahoochee County (table 10). An estimated 14.9 percent 

(median) of public-supplied water was lost during delivery, 

with a range of less than 0.1 percent in Echols, Glascock, 

Quitman, and Taliaferro Counties to 38 percent in Terrell 

County. The amount of water lost from public distribution 

systems is typically a result of the age and extent (length 

in miles) of the pipeage (U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2009). Thus, small and revenue-poor public suppliers 

commonly have distribution systems that are at or exceed 

the life expectancy of the distribution pipeage, resulting 

in a greater percentage of water lost than where the public 

distribution system is newer.

Surface-Water Returns

About 2,225 Mgal/d of water was returned to Georgia 

streams and lakes in 2010 (tables 2 and 9). This amount is 

about 48 percent of the total water withdrawn from all sources 

in 2010. Surface-water returns declined 39 percent between 

1995 and 2010, mirroring the decline in water withdrawals 

during that period. In addition, land applications of treated 

wastewater have increased steadily between 1995 and 2010. 

Surface-water returns ranged from zero in 14 counties to 

443 Mgal/d in Floyd County (table 9). Counties with the 

greatest returns—Floyd, Putnam, Chatham—were those with 

the greatest returns from thermoelectric-power facilities using 

once-through cooling. 

About 711 Mgal/d of treated wastewater was returned 

to Georgia’s surface waters by public wastewater treatment 

facilities in 2010 (table 2). The median amount of public 

wastewater discharged to surface water by county was 

0.73 Mgal/d and discharges were less than 5 Mgal/d in 

84 percent of Georgia counties. Public wastewater discharges 

were greatest in Fulton County (136 Mgal/d) and Cobb 

County (77 Mgal/d; appendix 2). The minimum reporting 

level for surface-water returns in this report is 5,000 gal/d; 

returns of less than 5,000 gal/d are recorded as zero. Wastewater discharges in rural counties with small towns and other 

facilities that rely on sewage lagoons may not exceed the 

reporting level. Sewage lagoons commonly discharge wastewater intermittently. In addition, onsite septic systems are 

the primary means of wastewater disposal in many counties 

resulting in no surface-water returns. 

Commercial, industrial, and mining facilities returned 

431 Mgal/d of water to Georgia’s surface waters in 2010 

(table 2). Commercial and industrial facilities reported 

surface-water discharges in 41 Georgia counties (26 percent) 

in 2010. Commercial and industrial discharges were less 

than 2 Mgal/d in 25 counties and greater than 15 Mgal/d 

in 8 counties. Commercial and industrial discharges were 

greatest in Whitfield County (88 Mgal/d) and Chatham County 

(77 Mgal/d; appendix 2). Mining facilities reported surfacewater returns in 32 counties totaling 24 Mgal/d. Surfacewater returns from mining were greatest in Muscogee County 

(2.6 Mgal/d) and Warren County (2.2 Mgal/d; appendix 2). 

In Muscogee County, quarry dewatering was the source of 

surface-water returns, whereas kaolin mining was the major 

source of returns in Warren County.
40 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Statewide water withdrawals reached an all-time high 

of 6,725 Mgal/d in 1980. By 1990, water use had decreased 

by 20 percent to 5,353 Mgal/d, but increased to 6,487 Mgal/d 

in 2000. By 2005, water use had decreased to an estimated 

5,471 Mgal/d, and declined further to 4,670 Mgal/d in 2010. 

Between 2000 and 2010, water use declined by 28 percent and 

between 2005 and 2010 had declined by 15 percent (fig. 10). 

The decrease in water withdrawals between 2005 and 2010 

was driven by declines in surface-water withdrawals. In 

contrast, groundwater withdrawals increased slightly during 

this period. This decline was evident across most water-use 

categories (fig. 10). The estimated total water use per capita 

in 1985 was about 850 gal/d, steadily decreasing to about 

798 gal/d in 2000, and decreasing rapidly to 460 gal/d between 

2000 and 2010 (fig. 11). The decline in water withdrawals 

and use between 2005 and 2010 can probably be attributed to 

several factors working together during this period: (1) water 

conservation laws and policies along with advances in waterconservation technology; (2) the onset of a major recession in 

2007; and (3) below average rainfall in 2007 and 2008, and in 

the latter half of 2010. Because of these factors, water withdrawn by public suppliers decreased by 4.8 percent (despite a 

nearly 11-percent increase in population served) and per capita 

use decreased by 19 percent between 2005 and 2010.

Domestic and commercial water use increased slightly 

between 2005 and 2010 (fig. 11); however, because selfsupplied domestic withdrawals are computed using an estimated self-served population, this increase is probably due to 

population increases in some rural areas of Georgia. Irrigation 

withdrawals also increased between 2005 and 2010 but are 

probably a response to the very dry conditions during most of 

the growing season in central and south Georgia.

Throughout 1985–2010, water withdrawn for thermoelectric-power generation has constituted the largest volume 

of offstream water use in Georgia (fig. 11). Total withdrawals 

for thermoelectric-power generation declined about 37 percent 

between 2000 and 2010, mostly due to the decommissioning 

or re-tooling of power plants in the State. During this period, 

several of the plants operated by the Georgia Power Company 

were re-tooled to use natural gas-powered generators. Surfacewater returns declined 39 percent between 1995 and 2010, 

mirroring the decline in water withdrawals during that period 

(fig. 12). In addition, land applications of treated wastewater 

increased steadily between 1995 and 2010.

Summary

The period between 2007 and 2010 was a challenging 

time economically and climatologically in Georgia. During 

that period, the United States was in the midst of a major 

recession, resulting in decreases in the manufacturing and 

construction industries and large increases in unemployment. 

During 2007, 2008, and the latter half of 2010, precipitation in 

Georgia was substantially below the 30-year norm.

According to the 2010 census, nearly 9.7 million people 

lived in Georgia. The water for about 85 percent of that population (8.3 million) was provided by public water suppliers. 

Estimated total water withdrawals from groundwater and 

surface-water sources were about 4,670 million gallons per 

day (Mgal/d) in 2010, a nearly 15-percent reduction from 

2005 (5,471 Mgal/d). In 2010, surface-water withdrawals 

(3,481 Mgal/d) were nearly three times greater than groundwater withdrawals (1,189 Mgal/d) in Georgia. 

In 2010, thermoelectric-power facilities (2,046 Mgal/d) 

and public-supply uses (1,121 Mgal/d) accounted for 

68 percent of all water withdrawn in Georgia. Surface-water 

withdrawals were greatest for thermoelectric-power generation 

(2,043 Mgal/d), whereas irrigation used the largest amount of 

groundwater (599 Mgal/d). Surface water provided 78 percent 

of the 1,121 Mgal/day withdrawn for public supply in 2010. 

Typically, counties in northern Georgia withdraw a larger 

percentage of water from surface-water than groundwater 

sources, whereas counties in the southern part of the State 

withdraw more water from groundwater sources. 

Self-Supplied Water Use

Self-supplied domestic withdrawals amounted to 

107 Mgal/d and 56 percent of that use was in the Apalachicola 

(26.2 Mgal/d), Ocmulgee (20.7 Mgal/d), and Savannah River 

Basins (12.4 Mgal/d). In the Coosa and Tallapoosa River 

Basins, only 6.5 percent of the population relied on domestic 

wells for their water supply. In contrast, nearly 47 percent of 

the population in the Ochlockonee River Basin and 57 percent 

of the population in the Altamaha River Basin relied on 

domestic wells for their water.

About 515 Mgal/d was withdrawn by self-supplied 

commercial, industrial, and mining users in 2010. Self-supplied 

industries withdrew about 495 Mgal/d in 2010, of which 

58 percent was surface water. Paper and pulp facilities withdrew 

78 percent of all water withdrawn by self-supplied industries 

(387 Mgal/d), of which 255 Mgal/d was surface water. Selfsupplied commercial and industrial use was greatest in the 

Apalachicola (134 Mgal/d) and Savannah River (130 Mgal/d) 

Basins. Mining withdrawals also were greatest in the Apalachicola (6.1 Mgal/d) and Savannah River Basins (2.5 Mgal/d).

Crop irrigation, livestock management, and aquaculture are the primary agricultural users of water in Georgia. 

Estimated self-supplied withdrawals for irrigation were 

802 Mgal/d in 2010. Crop irrigation accounted for 93 percent 

of the total water withdrawn for irrigation and golf course 

irrigation accounted for the remaining 7 percent. About 

77 percent of water for crop irrigation was groundwater, 

whereas groundwater accounted for 39 percent of water 

used to irrigate golf courses. About 65 percent of the irrigation withdrawals were in the Apalachicola River Basin. Golf 

course irrigation was highest in the Apalachicola River and 

Ocmulgee River Basins (respectively, 12.7 and 10.4 Mgal/d). 
Summary 41

1985 1990 1995

Year

2000 2005 2010

Withdrawals, in million gallons per day

Groundwater Surface water Total

8,000

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

Withdrawals

EXPLANATION

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Year

Year

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

Surface-water returns, in million gallons per day

Public

wastewater 

returns only

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

Water use, in million gallons per day

Livestock

Domestic and commercial

Industrial and mining

Irrigation

Public supply

Thermoelectric

Water use, by category

EXPLANATION

5,000

3,000

1,000

Per capita water use, in gallons per day

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

Per capita water use

Figure 12. Surface-water return trends in Georgia, 1985–2010.

Figure 10. Water-withdrawal trends by water source in Georgia, 1985–2010.

Figure 11. Water-withdrawal trends by water-use category in Georgia, 1985–2010.
42 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Withdrawals for crop irrigation (mostly groundwater) were 

highest in Decatur County (68 Mgal/d), followed by Mitchell 

County (59 Mgal/d) and Miller County (45 Mgal/d).

Water withdrawals for livestock and aquaculture 

production totaled 79 Mgal/d in 2010, of which 92 percent 

was surface water. Of that 79 Mgal/d, livestock used nearly 

37 percent and aquaculture about 63 percent. Water withdrawals for livestock and aquaculture were highest in Forsyth 

(6.7 Mgal/d), Fannin (6.4 Mgal/d), Union (5.4 Mgal/d), and 

Habersham (5.1 Mgal/d) Counties; 90 to 99 percent of this use 

is for aquaculture at Federal and State gamefish hatcheries, 

private baitfish hatcheries, and private trout farms. Water 

use for livestock production was highest in Franklin County 

(1.2 Mgal/d, primarily poultry production).

Public-Supplied Water Use

About 1,121 Mgal/d of water was withdrawn for 

public supply in 2010 and 78 percent of that amount was 

surface water. About 1,125 Mgal/d of water was delivered 

to customers in Georgia. About 0.4 Mgal/d was delivered 

from Georgia to wholesale customers in Alabama, Tennessee, 

and South Carolina; about 6.7 Mgal/d was delivered from 

public suppliers in Alabama and Tennessee to customers 

and wholesale suppliers in Georgia. Of the 1,125 Mgal/d of 

water delivered by public suppliers, 55 percent was used for 

domestic (residential; 623 Mgal/d) purposes in Georgia. Nearly 

19 percent of public-supplied water was delivered to commercial customers (including public-use connections) and nearly 

9.6 percent was delivered to industrial customers in 2010. An 

estimated 182 Mgal/d of water was lost in the public-supply 

distribution system in 2010. Average public-supply losses 

were estimated at 16.1 percent of the water delivered.

In 2010, nearly 3.1 million people or 32 percent of the 

2010 Georgia population used groundwater for domestic 

purposes. Of that population, about 1.4 million people relied 

on small domestic wells for their water. About 1,189 Mgal/d 

of groundwater was withdrawn from the principal aquifers 

in Georgia during 2010. About 68 percent of all groundwater 

withdrawals in 2010 came from the Floridan aquifer system. 

The two principal aquifers in southern Georgia (south of the 

Fall Line), the Floridan and the Cretaceous aquifer systems 

provided 56 and 22 percent, respectively, of the groundwater 

used for public supply. The crystalline-rock and the Paleozoicrock aquifers provided nearly all of the groundwater used in 

northern Georgia.

In 2010, public suppliers in 6 of the 159 counties in Georgia 

(Fulton, Gwinnett, Dekalb, Cobb, Clayton, and Chatham) 

provided water to 43 percent of the nearly 8.3 million people 

receiving public-supplied water in Georgia. Public suppliers in 

Fulton County withdrew 201 Mgal/d of water mostly surface 

water), the highest among all counties in Georgia. This amount 

represents 18 percent of all public-supply withdrawals and 

23 percent of all surface-water withdrawals for public supply.

Surface-Water Return Flows

In basins where there is a greater reliance on groundwater 

than surface water for water supplies, surface-water returns 

may exceed surface-water withdrawals because once used, that 

groundwater enters sanitary sewer systems for treatment and 

discharge to surface water. About 2,225 Mgal/d of water was 

discharged to surface water by public (municipal and privately 

owned) wasterwater treatment facilities, commercial, industrial, mining, aquaculture, and thermoelectric power facilities 

in 2010 (table 2). Thermoelectric power facilities returned 

nearly 49 percent of all water discharged to surface water, 

followed by public wastewater facilities (32 percent), and 

combined commercial and industrial discharges (19 percent).

Surface-water returns from thermoelectric-power facilities are primarly from facilities that utilize once-through 

cooling processes. Within the Coosa and Tallapoosa Basins, 

Plant Hammond returned 448 Mgal/d (41 percent of all 

returns in the basin) to surface water in 2010, whereas Plant 

Arkwright and Plant Branch, and the Crisp County plant in 

the Oconee River Basin returned 369 Mgal/d (34 percent). 

River basins with the greatest populations returned the greatest 

amount of publicly-treated wastewater to surface water; thus, 

the Apalachicola and Ocmulgee River Basins received the 

greatest amount of public wastewater (respectively, 341 and 

111 Mgal/d). 

Water-Use Trends

Historically, water withdrawals in Georgia were highest 

in 1980 (6,725 Mgal/d). By 1990, water use had decreased 

by 20 percent to 5,353 Mgal/d, but increased to 6,487 Mgal/d 

in 2000. By 2005, water use had decreased to an estimated 

5,471 Mgal/d, and declined further to 4,670 Mgal/d in 2010—

a 30-percent decrease since 1980. This decline was evident 

across all water-use categories, but was greatest for surfacewater withdrawals by thermoelectric-power facilities. The 

estimated total water use per capita in 1985 (total withdrawals 

for all categories divided by total population ) was about 

850 gallons per day (gal/d), steadily decreasing to about 

798 gal/d in 2000, and decreasing further to 460 gal/d in 2010. 

Although water use declined among all use categories during 

that 10-year period, most of the decline in per capita water use 

was caused by the large decrease in water used for thermoelectric-power generation.

Throughout 1985–2010 water withdrawn for thermoelectric-power generation constituted the largest volume 

of offstream water use in Georgia. Total withdrawals for 

thermoelectric-power generation declined about 37 percent 

between 2000 and 2010, mostly due to the decommissioning 

of power plants in the State. Also during this period, several 

power plants were shut down and re-tooled to use natural gaspowered generators; thus, water withdrawals for cooling were 

substantially reduced. 
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The decline in water withdrawals and use between 

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laws and policies along with advances in water-conservation 

technology; (2) the onset of a major recession in 2007; and 

(3) below average rainfall in 2007, 2008, and the latter half 

of 2010. Because of these factors, water withdrawn by public 

suppliers decreased by 4.8 percent (despite a nearly 11-percent 

increase in population served) and per capita use decreased by 

19 percent between 2005 and 2010.

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Glossary
Glossary 45

Glossary

aquaculture water use Water used for the offstream farming 

of water organisms such as finfish and shellfish in ponds and 

fish hatcheries.

census block U.S. census blocks are statistical areas 

bounded by visible features such as roads, streets, water 

bodies, railroad tracks, city, town, county, township, or school 

district boundaries.

commercial water use Public or self-supplied water used 

for motels, hotels, restaurants, medical centers, hospitals, 

military installations, public safety, correctional institutions, 

educational facilities (public and private), campgrounds, and 

recreational vehicle parks.

domestic water use Water used for indoor household 

purposes such as drinking, food preparation, bathing, washing 

clothes and dishes, flushing toilets, and outdoor purposes such 

as watering lawns and gardens. 

freshwater Water that contains less than 1,000 milligrams 

per liter of dissolved solids.

groundwater All subsurface water, distinct from surface 

water. Specifically, the part of the subsurface water in the 

saturated zone, which is a zone where all voids are filled 

with water.

industrial water use Water used by self-supplied industries 

for the fabrication, processing, washing, and cooling in industries associated with the fabrication of machinery and steel 

products, and the production of chemical, food, paper, wood, 

petroleum, and their allied products.

irrigation water use Water used for the production of fruit, 

vegetable, and nut crops and pasture, hay, turf, flower, and 

ornamental horticulture and nurseries.

livestock water use Water used for the production of 

animals for food or hobby and raised in feedlots, dairy 

operations, corrals, barns, or pens; in this report, includes 

aquaculture operations.

mining water use Water used in the extraction of minerals 

and includes quarrying, and milling, but does not include 

dewatering of quarries or mine pits.

offstream water use Water withdrawn from a surface-water 

source and used in areas not within the surface-water channel 

or basin.

per capita water use The average amount of water used 

per person during a standard time period, generally per day. 

Per capita use may be calculated based on total water use, 

public-supply water use, self-supplied domestic water use, 

or domestic deliveries from public supply.

public-supply withdrawals The withdrawal of water by a 

public supplier.

public water supplier Any water supplier (municipal or 

private entity) that regularly serves at least 25 people or has 

at least 15 water connections is considered a public water 

system under Georgia Law (OCGA 12–5–172–11).

public water use Water provided by a public supply for such 

uses as firefighting, street washing, water treatment, municipal 

buildings, parks, and swimming pools.

raw water Water that has not been filtered or treated 

before use.

saline water Water that contains more than 1,000 milligrams 

per liter of dissolved solids.

self-supplied domestic Surface water or groundwater withdrawn from a private intake or well at a single residence for 

domestic uses.

self-supplied water Water that is withdrawn directly from a 

groundwater or surface-water source by a user, as opposed to 

water that is delivered by a public supplier.

surface water An open body of water, such as a creek, 

canal, river, stream, lake, pond, or reservoir.

surface-water return flows Raw or treated water discharge 

to a river, stream, pond, lake, or reservoir.

thermoelectric-power use Water used to generate electricity with steam-driven turbine generators. Water is cooled 

using three different strategies: recirculating, once-through, 

and a mixture of the two. Recirculating systems consume the 

greatest amount of water. 

water use Water used for a beneficial purpose, such as 

domestic activities (drinking, washing), industrial processes, 

agriculture, and thermoelectric- and hydroelectric-power 

generation.

water-use coefficient A factor or ratio used to estimate a 

quantity of water used based on a related quantity. Examples 

of water-use coefficients include daily per capita water use, 

consumptive crop irrigation requirements, livestock water 

requirements, per employee water use, and per unit of product 

water use.

water withdrawal The removal of water from a surfacewater body or an aquifer that is conveyed to a storage tank or 

reservoir, or a place of use such as an agricultural field, water 

treatment or commercial, industrial, or thermoelectric facility.
46 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Appendix 1. North American Industrial Classification Codes

Industrial water use is given by industry type, classified 

by a North American Industrial Classification System Code. 

The following is a brief description of the codes used in this 

publication (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012).

212—Mining and processing of kaolin and fuller’s earth.

This major group includes establishments engaged in the mining and processing of kaolin and fuller’s clay. Water washing is 

a processing method in which water and chemical dispersants 

are added to the mined clay to produce a slurry. The slurry is 

then transported through pipes to the processing facility.

311— Food and kindred products. This major group 

includes establishments that manufacture or process foods and 

beverages for human consumption, and certain related products, such as manufactured ice, chewing gum, vegetable oils 

and animal fats, and prepared feeds for animals and fowls.

312—Beverage manufacturing. The industrial group 

includes establishments such as breweries, distilleries, wineries, and those that produce soft drinks and bottled water.

313, 314—Textile mills and textile product mills. This 

major group includes establishments engaged in performing 

any of the following operations: (1) preparation of fiber and 

subsequent manufacturing of yarn, thread, braids, twine, and 

cordage; (2) manufacturing broad woven fabric, narrow woven 

fabric, knit fabric, and carpets and rugs from yarn; (3) dyeing 

and finishing fiber, yarn, fabric, and knit apparel; (4) coating, 

waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric; (5) the integrated 

manufacture of knit apparel and other finished articles from 

yarn; and (6) the manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, nonwoven fabrics, and miscellaneous textiles.

321—Wood product manufacturing, except furniture.

This major group includes sawmills, lathe mills, shingle mills, 

cooperage stock mills, planing mills, and pulpwood mills 

and veneer mills engaged in producing veneers, plywood, 

engineered wood products, millwork, and wood door and 

window manufacturing.

322—Paper, pulp, and allied products. This major group 

includes the manufacture of pulps from wood and other 

cellulose fibers and from rags; the manufacture of paper and 

paperboard; and the manufacture of paper and paperboard 

into converted products such as paper coated off the paper 

machine, paper bags, paper boxes, and envelopes.

325—Chemicals and allied products. This major group 

includes establishments producing basic chemicals and those 

manufacturing products by predominantly chemical processes. 

Establishments classified in this major group manufacture 

three general classes of products: (1) basic chemicals such 

as acids, alkalies, salts, and organic chemicals; (2) chemical 

products to be used in further manufacture such as synthetic 

fibers, plastics materials, dry colors, and pigments; and 

(3) finished chemical products to be used for ultimate consumption such as drugs, cosmetics, and soaps, or to be used 

as materials or supplies in other industries such as paints, 

fertilizers, and explosives.

326—Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products. This 

major group includes establishments manufacturing from 

natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber; rubber products such 

as tires, rubber footwear, mechanical rubber goods, heels and 

soles, flooring, and rubber sundries; plastics such as pipes, 

pipe fittings, plastic bags, sheets, packaging material, polystyrene, and urethane foam products.

327—Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products. This major 

group includes establishments engaged in manufacturing 

flat glass and other glass products, cement, structural clay 

products, pottery, ceramics, concrete and gypsum products, 

cut stone, abrasive and asbestos products, and so forth, from 

materials taken principally from the earth in the form of stone, 

clay, and sand.

331—Primary metal industries. This major group includes 

establishments engaged in the smelting and refining of ferrous 

and nonferrous metals from ore, pig, or scrap; in the rolling, 

drawing, and alloying of ferrous and non-ferrous metals; in the 

manufacture of castings and other basic products of ferrous 

and nonferrous metals; and in the manufacture of aluminum 

sheet, foil, extruded products, pipes, tubes, nails, spikes, and 

insulated wire and cable.

332—Fabricated metal products, except machinery and 

transportation equipment. This major group includes 

establishments engaged in fabricating ferrous and nonferrous 

metal products such as metal cans, tinware, hand tools, cutlery, 

general hardware, non-electric heating apparatus, fabricated 

structural metal products, metal forging, metal stamping, 

ordnance (except vehicles and guided missiles), and a variety 

of metal and wire products not elsewhere classified.

339—Miscellaneous manufacturing. This major group 

includes establishments engaged in manufacturing medical 

equipment such as surgical, dental, and medical instruments 

and supplies; laboratory apparatus and furniture; manufacturing of jewelry and silverware; and a variety of other goods 

such as toys, sporting goods and athletic equipment, office 

supplies, musical instruments, signs, fasteners, needles, 

buttons, and caskets.
Appendix 2. Population, Water Withdrawals, and Water Use by Source 

of Water for Each County in Georgia, 2010

Abbreviations

TOTAL 0.14 6.76 6.90 8.96

Public supply 0.02 6.56 6.58 –

4.44

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.00

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4.44

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00

Domestic 0.03 0.00 0.03 + 2.61 = 2.64 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 + 4.00 = 4.00 0.00

Industrial 0.01 0.00 0.01 + 0.78 = 0.79 0.00

2.6

4.0

0.78 0.68

–2

–1

0

1

2

3

4

5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use 

Ground

water

Surface 

water 

1

Deliveries from public supply

 typically do not equal 

 withdrawals because 

 of intercounty deliveries 

 and purchases, public use, 

 and system losses.

Surfacewater

returns 

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.43 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Self-supplied

Self-supplied

Terms

Ga. Georgia

– not applicable

Mgal/d million gallons per day

< less than

NAICS North American Industrial Classification System code

Ala. Alabama

Net transfers/losses for a county is the sum of all water purchased by public suppliers in a county from public-water 

suppliers in a different county minus the sum of all public-supplied water sold to public suppliers or delivered to 

customers in a different county and public-supply losses. 

About 2.36 Mgal/d were delivered from ABC County and 

0.25 Mgal/d were delivered to XYZ County.
48 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water Total

TOTAL 3.42 57.36 60.78

2010 Withdrawals by Source Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category

60.78

Surfacewater 

returns

Livestock and aquaculture 0.05 0.22 0.27 0.27 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.31 0.45 1.76 1.76 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.21 56.69 56.90 56.90 0.00

0.93

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

APPLING COUNTY

Population 18,236

Population served by public supply—Groundwater 5,700

Population served by public supply—Surface water 0

Acres irrigated 7,260

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

57.4 3.4

0.04 0.05

0.64

-0.18

-0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Million gallons per day

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Domestic 0.94 0.00 0.94 1.58 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Upper Floridan aquifer

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

City of Baxley 0.83 0.00

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

None

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

19851990199520002005

2010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

0

15

30

45

60

75

1985

19901995200020052010

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

3.4

Public-supply losses – – – 0.18 –

Public supply 0.91 0.00 0.91 – –

Public wastewater treatment – – – – 0.93

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

N

Baxley

Surrency

JEFF DAVIS

BACON

PIERCE

WAYNE

TATTNALL

TOOMBS

APPLING

23

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

341

1

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

15

15

121

– –
Appendix 2 49

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water Total

2010 Withdrawals by Source Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

1.7

Million gallons per day

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Upper Floridan aquifer

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

ATKINSON COUNTY

Population 8,375

Population served by public supply—Groundwater 3,900

Population served by public supply—Surface water 0

Acres irrigated 6,690

0.93

1.7

0.25

0.01

0.12

-0.06

-0.1

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

198519901995200020052010

0

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

198519901995200020052010

321—Wood 0.40 0.00

City of Willacoochee 0.20 0.00

City of Pearson 0.22 0.00

Public supply 0.44 0.00 0.44 –

0.26

Livestock and aquaculture 0.10 0.89 0.99 0.99 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.40 0.04 0.44 0.44 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.68 0.93 2.61 2.61 0.27

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Domestic 0.34 0.00 0.34 0.59 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Industrial 0.40 0.00 0.40 0.52 0.01

1

Total use is total withdrawals plus public supply deliveries and losses.

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

ATKINSON

COFFEE

IRWIN

BERRIEN

WARE

CLINCH

LANIER

Pearson

Willacoochee

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

82

221

221

441

441

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS
50 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

BACON COUNTY

Population 11,096

Population served by public supply—Groundwater 4,860

Population served by public supply—Surface water 0

Acres irrigated 6,210

Public supply 0.59 0.00 0.59 –

0.71

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.60 0.21 0.81 0.81 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.97 0.28 2.25 2.25 0.71

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Domestic 0.47 0.00 0.47 0.89 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00

Industrial 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.32 0.00

313—Textiles 0.30

City of Alma 0.58

0.00

0.00

0.42

0.06 0.02

-0.09 - 0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

2.0 Upper Floridan aquifer

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total 

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

2.0

0.28

Public-supply losses – – – 0.09 –

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Alma

COFFEE

WARE

PIERCE

BACON

APPLING JEFF DAVIS 1

1

23

23

32 32

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS
Appendix 2 51

Newton

BAKER

EARLY

MITCHELL MILLER

DOUGHERTY

CALHOUN

19

91

91

37

37

DECATUR GRADY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

BAKER COUNTY

Population 3,451

Population served by public supply—Groundwater 870

Population served by public supply—Surface water 0

Acres irrigated 43,010

TOTAL 31.32 4.71 36.02 36.02

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 31.00 3.99 34.99 34.99 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Domestic 0.19 0.00 0.19 0.29 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 <0.01 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Upper Floridan aquifer

City of Newton 0.12 0.00

None

15 16

Claiborne aquifer

31

4.7 0.10

<0.01 0

-0.02 -0.04

0

0.04

0.08

0.12

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1 Groundwater

Surface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses.

Public-supply losses – – – 0.02 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – – 0.00

Public supply 0.12 0.00 0.12 – –

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

– –
52 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Crystalline-rock aquifers

BALDWIN COUNTY

Population 45,720

Population served by public supply—Groundwater 360

Population served by public supply—Surface water 44,930

Acres irrigated 50

TOTAL 0.14 6.76 6.90 8.96

Public supply 0.02 6.56 6.58 –

4.44

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.00

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4.44

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00

Domestic 0.03 0.00 0.03 2.64 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00

Industrial 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.79 0.00

321—Wood 0.01 0.00

City of Milledgeville 0.00 6.56

6.8 0.14

2.6

4.0

0.78 0.68

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1 Groundwater

Surface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater

returns 

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/ losses

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2

4

6

8

10

12

0

198519901995200020052010

198519901995200020052010

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

0.14

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.11 Mgal/d was delivered from Putnam County, Georgia

to Baldwin County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 1.43 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

HANCOCK

PUTNAM

JONES

WILKINSON

BALDWIN

WASHINGTON

Milledgeville

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

441

49

22

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS
Appendix 2 53

Homer

BANKS

STEPHENS

FRANKLIN

HABERSHAM

HALL

JACKSON

MADISON

441

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

85

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

BANKS COUNTY

18,395

2,320

8,620

130

TOTAL 0.75 2.93 3.68 2.08

Public supply 0.14 2.40 2.54 –

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.00

Mining 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0.10

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Domestic 0.56 0.00 0.56 1.29 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

None

Banks County Board of 

Commissioners 0.00 0.66

0.75

0.75

2.9

0.73

0.06 0.01 -0.15

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Crystalline-rock aquifer

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater

returns 

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

City of Commerce 0.00 11.74

1

Water withdrawn was used in Jackson County, Georgia.

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 1.69 Mgal/d was delivered to Jackson County, Georgia

and 0.04 Mgal/d to Franklin County, Georgia from Banks County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.14 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – – 0.10

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
54 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

316

11

8

29

85

JACKSON

BARROW

OCONEE

CLARKE

WALTON

GWINNETT

HALL

Winder Statham

Bethlehem

Carl

Auburn

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

Public supply 0.06 4.54 4.60 –

0.51

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.00

Mining 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.26 5.27 6.53 9.59 0.51

Irrigation—Golf course 0.25 0.54 0.79 0.79 0.00

Domestic 0.51 0.00 0.51 5.27 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.87 0.00

Industrial 0.39 0.00 0.39 1.17 0.00

BARROW COUNTY

69,367

710

61,920

480

311—Food 0.39 0.00

City of Winder 0.00 4.19

City of Statham 0.00 0.35

Crystalline-rock aquifer

Industrial

4.8

0.87 0.78 0.83

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

1.3

1.3

5.3

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.17 Mgal/d was delivered from Jackson County, Georgia

to Barrow County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 1.25 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 55

BARTOW

FLOYD

POLK PAULDING

COBB

CHEROKEE

GORDON PICKENS

Adairsville

Cartersville

White

Kingston

1 1

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

411

1 141

1 141

1 1 411

75

20

113

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

Crystalline-rock aquifer

BARTOW COUNTY

100,157

1,900

82,130

2,140

Public supply 0.17 54.70 54.87 –

9.65

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.43 0.45 0.45 0.00

Mining 0.44 0.01 0.45 0.45 0.60

Irrigation—Crop 0.15 2.21 2.36 2.36 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 47.92 47.92 47.92 16.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.00

Domestic 1.21 0.00 1.21 9.37 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.90 0.00

Industrial 1.14 0.41 1.55 4.02 0.96

TOTAL 3.13 106.04 109.17 69.93 27.21

325—Chemical products 0.98 0.00

City of Emerson 0.00 0.28

City of Cartersville 0.00 11.18

City of Adairsville 0.00 2.65

Bartow County 0.00 0.52

1.9 2.5

-43

-45

-30

-15

0

2

4

6

8

10

8.2

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Paleozoic-rock aquifer

2.2

0.9

106

Cobb Co.–Marietta 

Water Authority 0.00 1

40.07

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

Groundwater

Surface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.1

1

Total use is total withdrawals plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 40 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Bartow County and 

delivered to Cobb County, Georgia; whereas, 0.61 Mgal/d was delivered to Floyd County, Georgia in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 3.10 –

1

Delivered and used in Cobb County, Georgia. 

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
56 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Fitzgerald

BEN HILL

WILCOX TELFAIR

COFFEE IRWIN

TIFT

TURNER

1 1

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

319

1 1 129

1 1 129

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

0

0.5

2.0

3.0

4.0

3.5

4.5

5.0

0.45 0.58

-0.58

0.56

5.1

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

None

Fitzgerald Water, Land,

and Bond Commission 3.23 0.00

BEN HILL COUNTY

17,634

13,730

0

7,280

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

1.0

2.5

1.0

1.5

0.32

4.7

1.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns 

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.23 0.00 3.23 –

2.65

Public supply

Domestic 0.29 0.00 0.29 1.91 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.58 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.50 0.50 2.00 2.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 5.10 0.56 5.66 5.66 2.65

Surficial aquifer system

Upper Floridan aquifer

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.58 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 57

Ray City

BERRIEN

COOK

TIFT

IRWIN

COFFEE

ATKINSON

LANIER

BROOKS LOWNDES

CLINCH

Alapaha

Enigma

Nashville

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

1 1 129

82

141

1 1 129

75

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

0.15

0.01 -0.09

3.7

0.93

3.7

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

BERRIEN COUNTY

19,286

7,660

0

14,320

3.74 0.93 4.67 4.67 0.17

313—Textiles 0.02 0.00

City of Nashville 0.62 0.00

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

8

9

10

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0.58

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.83 0.00 0.83 –

0.17

Public supply

Domestic 0.87 0.00 0.87 1.45 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.00

Industrial 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 2.00 0.85 2.85 2.85 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Public-supply losses – – – 0.09 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 
58 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

50

100

150

200

250

13.7

6.6

1.9

-1.0

-5

0

5

10

15

20

4.6

4.6

37 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

1

4

2

5

3

6

BIBB COUNTY

155,547

1,770

124,900

347

4.58 36.50 41.08 43.53 36.79

322—Paper, pulp 0.41 12.89

Macon Water Authority 0.00 123.46

7

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.14 23.46 23.60 –

33.28

Public supply

Domestic 2.17 0.00 2.17 15.90 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.59 0.00

Industrial 1.72 12.89 14.61 16.50 2.86

Mining 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.65

Irrigation—Crop 0.33 0.03 0.36 0.36 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.21 0.08 0.29 0.29 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

321—Wood 1.08 0.00

326—Rubber, plastics 0.23 0.00

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.23 Mgal/d was delivered from Bibb County to 

Monroe County, Georgia in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 3.84 –

1

An average of 3.1 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Jones County, Georgia and delivered to Bibb 

County, Georgia in 2010.

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Macon

BIBB

MONROE

JONES

TWIGGS

CRAWFORD

PEACH HOUSTON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

1 1 129

1 1 129

1 180

1 180

1 141

41

75

75

475

75

16

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

[Mgal/d, million gallons per day]
Appendix 2 59

0.06

0

-0.05 -0.10

0

0.10

0.15

1.9

1.5

5.8

0

None

City of Cochran 0.22 0.00

BLECKLEY COUNTY

13,063

5,220

0

12,020

5.78 1.55 7.33 7.33 0.33

3.9

0.20

-0.05

0.05

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Upper Floridan aquifer

Cretaceous aquifer system

0.11

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/ losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.22 0.00 0.22 –

0.33

Public supply

Domestic 0.59 0.00 0.59 0.70 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.18 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 4.58 1.23 5.81 5.81 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.25 0.26 0.51 0.51 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Cochran

TWIGGS

WILKINSON

LAURENS

DODGE

PULASKI

HOUSTON

BLECKLEY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

1 123

1 1 129

1 123

16

278

26

ALT

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
60 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.05

0 -0.02

1.5

0.06

1.5 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

City of Nahunta 0.14 0.00

BRANTLEY COUNTY

18,411

2,380

0

720

-0.05

0

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.05

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater

returns 

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.25 0.00 0.25 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 1.20 0.00 1.20 1.38 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.46 0.06 1.52 1.52 0.00

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.02 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.18

Hoboken

Nahunta

BRANTLEY

PIERCE

WAYNE

GLYNN

CAMDEN

CHARLTON

WARE

82

82

301

301

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 61

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

BROOKS COUNTY

0.21

0.01 -0.11

7.3

0.42

7.3

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

6

2

4

8

10

321—Wood 0.06 0.00

City of Quitman 0.73 0.00

16,243

6,670

0

15,480

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

8

9

12

14

16

18

20

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/ losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.94 0.00 0.94 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.72 0.00 0.72 1.33 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.22 0.00

Industrial 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.07 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 5.53 0.08 5.61 5.61 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.08 0.34 0.42 0.42 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 7.34 0.42 7.76 7.76 0.00

0.61

Public-supply losses – – – 0.11 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Barwick

Quitman

BROOKS

FLORIDA

THOMAS

COLQUITT COOK BERRIEN

LOWNDES

Morven

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

84 84 221

221

75

76

122

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 
62 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.40

BRYAN COUNTY

-0.10

-0.5

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

1.9 2.9

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

30,233

27,380

0

130

339—Misc manufacturing 0.02 0.00

0.37

Lower Floridan aquifer

Brunswick aquifer system

1.0

Water Utility Management 0.40 0.00

Middle Georgia Water Co. 0.25 0.00

City of Richmond Hill 1.41 0.00

City of Pembroke 0.22 0.00

0.5

1.5

2.5 2.3

0.16 0

0.05

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

Domestic

Commercial/

public use

Industrial

Net transfers/

losses

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.57 0.00 2.57 –

0.97

Public supply

Domestic 0.21 0.00 0.21 2.52 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00

Industrial 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.04 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.34 0.37 0.37 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 2.88 0.37 3.25 3.25 0.97

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

0.01

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.10 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Pembroke

Richmond

Hill

BRYAN CHATHAM

EFFINGHAM CAROLINA

SOUTH

BULLOCH

EVANS

LIBERTY

MCINTOSH

LONG

16

95

Atlantic Ocean

280

80

196

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 63

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

4.5

3.5

BULLOCH COUNTY

1.1

0.20 -0.54

-1

0

1

2

3

4

6.9

1.7

7.5

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

2

4

6

8

City of Statesboro 3.27 0.00

City of Brooklet 0.18 0.00

70,217

49,980

0

15,970

None

0.6

0.5

1.5

2.5

16

14

12

10

Cretaceous aquifer system

3.1

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

DomesticIndustrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

4.89 0.00 4.89 –

3.92

Public supply

Domestic 1.52 0.00 1.52 4.60 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.30 0.00 0.30 1.37 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.62 1.45 2.07 2.07 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.18 0.00 0.18 0.18 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.24 0.27 0.27 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 7.54 1.69 9.23 9.23 3.92

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.54 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Portal

Statesboro

Register

Brooklet

Nevils

BRYAN

BULLOCH

EFFINGHAM

SCREVEN

JENKINS

EMANUEL

CANDLER

TATTNALL

EVANS

301

25

80

80

16

301

25

SC

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
64 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

BURKE COUNTY

0.10 0.14

-0.21

0.6

0.8

10

68 Floridan aquifer system

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

0.00

23,316

8,990

370

23,230

322—Paper, pulp 0.23

City of Waynesboro 0.82 0.05

4.6 5.7

0.4

-0.2

0.2

0

0.62

80

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.01 0.05 1.06 –

1.04

Public supply

Domestic 1.05 0.00 1.05 1.67 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.11 0.00

Industrial 0.23 0.00 0.23 0.37 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 6.84 3.22 10.06 10.06 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.23 0.29 0.29 0.00

Thermoelectric power 1.06 64.35 65.41 65.41 0.00

TOTAL 10.26 67.85 78.11 78.11 1.04

Cretaceous aquifer system Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.20 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Waynesboro

Girard

Sardis

Vidette

Keysville

25

25

24

24

24

BURKE

JENKINS

SCREVEN

EMANUEL

JEFFERSON

RICHMOND

SOUTH

CAROLINA

Midville

56

56

23

23

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 65

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

BUTTS COUNTY

0.36 0.21

-0.44

0.44

0.44

2.6

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

None

Butts County–Jackson–

Jenkinsburg Water System 0.00 2.45

23,655

1,780

19,030

110

-0.8

0

0.4

0.8

1.2 1.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.14 2.45 2.59 –

0.60

Public supply

Domestic 0.21 0.00 0.21 1.83 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 0.44 2.58 3.02 2.90 0.60

-0.4

1.6

Public-supply losses – – – 0.28 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

BUTTS

Flovilla

Jenkinsburg

Jackson

HENRY

NEWTON

JASPER

MONROE LAMAR

SPALDING

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

75

23

23

16

16

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.01 Mgal/d was delivered to Butts County, Georgia from 

Spalding County, Georgia and about 0.13 Mgal/d delivered from Butts County to Monroe County, Georgia in 2010. 

– –
66 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

CALHOUN

RANDOLPH TERRELL

DOUGHERTY

EARLY BAKER

Leary

Morgan

Arlington

Edison

CLAY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

62

37

37

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

0

14

2

12

4

10

6

8

CALHOUN COUNTY

0.22

0 -0.10

6.7

11

17

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

16

18

5

10

15

20

25

None

Town of Morgan 0.27 0.00

City of Edison 0.16 0.00

0

2.2

2.3

6,694

3,470

30,170

Claiborne aquifer

Clayton aquifer

City of Leary 0.09 0.00

0.32

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0

-0.1

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply–—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.64 0.00 0.64 –

0.47

Public supply

Domestic 0.24 0.00 0.24 0.56 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 10.43 16.97 27.40 27.40 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.05 0.13 0.18 0.18 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 11.28 17.10 28.48 28.48 0.47

City of Arlington 0.12 0.00

Public-supply losses – – – 0.10 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

– –
Appendix 2 67

St

Marys

Woodbine

Kingsland

CAMDEN

FLORIDA

CHARLTON

BRANTLEY GLYNN

17

17

82

Atlantic Ocean

95

40

252

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

CAMDEN COUNTY

0.73

0.18 -0.68

-1.0

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

2.5

-0.5

3.5

1.2

0.3

6.1

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

325—Chemical products 0.05 0.00

50,513

39,000

0

440

Brunswick aquifer system 5.9

0.2

0.5

1.5

3.1

8

40

45

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

4.72 0.00 4.72 –

3.15

Public supply

Domestic 0.86 0.00 0.86 3.99 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.73 0.00

Industrial 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.23 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.48 0.25 0.73 0.73 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 6.11 0.28 6.39 6.39 3.15 W & D Utilities 0.27 0.00

U.S. Navy–Kings Bay 1.12 0.00

City of St. Mary’s 1.54 0.00

City of Kingsland 1.79 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.68 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
68 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Metter Pulaski

CANDLER

EMANUEL

BULLOCH

EVANS TOOMBS TATTNALL

16

121

121

46

46

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

CANDLER COUNTY

0.05

0 -0.06

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

1.5

0.81

1.5

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

City of Metter 0.43 0.00

10,998

5,740

0

4,825

0.37

1

2

3

4

5

6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater

returns 

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.48 0.00 0.48 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.39 0.00 0.39 0.76 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.51 0.65 1.16 1.16 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.07 0.11 0.18 0.18 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.46 0.81 2.27 2.27 0.00

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

– –
Appendix 2 69

0

2

8

10

4

12

6

14

CARROLL COUNTY

1.7 1.4

-2.0 -4

-2

0

8

2

4

6

12.7 2.3

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

331—Primary metals 0.00 0.02

110,527

4,530

85,230

621

City of Villa Rica 0.00 1.31

City of Carrollton 0.00 5.04

City of Bowdon 0.00 0.65

Carroll County 0.00 4.32

2.3

6.7

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.49 11.33 11.82 –

0.75

Public supply

Domestic 1.56 0.00 1.56 8.26 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.73 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.02 0.02 1.39 0.35

Mining 0.11 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.09 0.12 0.21 0.21 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.80 0.82 0.82 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 2.27 12.75 15.02 15.02 1.10

Public-supply losses – – – 2.02 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Carrollton

Temple

Villa Rica

Whitesburg

Bowdon

Roopville

HARALSON

ALABAMA

PAULDING

DOUGLAS

CARROLL

COWETA

FULTON

HEARD

G

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

20

166

166

78

27

27

27

ALT

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 
70 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

CATOOSA COUNTY

5.9

0.55 0.07 0.26

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

0.5

0.5

6.5

Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

None

Catoosa Utility District

Authority 0.00 5.34

0.00 0.32

63,942

0

63,210

420

City of Ringgold

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 5.66 5.66 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.05 0.00 0.05 5.97 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.55 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Mining 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.09 0.24 0.33 0.33 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.33 0.41 0.74 0.74 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 0.53 6.46 6.99 9.34 0.00

Public-supply losses – – – 1.47 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

WALKER WHITFIELD

CATOOSA

TENNESSEE

Ringgold 2

2

151

75

41

41

27

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 1.71 Mgal/d was delivered from Hamilton 

County, Tennessee and 0.28 Mgal/d from Walker County, Georgia to Catoosa County, Georgia; whereas, 0.08 Mgal/d from Catoosa to Walker 

County, Georgia in 2010.

– –
Appendix 2 71

Folkston

CHARLTON

FLORIDA

WARE

CLINCH

BRANTLEY

CAMDEN

23

301

23

40

94

23

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

0

0.02

0.16

CHARLTON COUNTY

0.07

0 -0.07

1.2

0.03

1.2

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.4

1.0

0.6

0.8

1.2

1.6

1.8

None

City of Folkston 0.56 0.00

12,171

4,900

0

0

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.49

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.12

0.14

0.10

1.4

0.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.63 0.00 0.63 –

0.48

Public supply

Domestic 0.55 0.00 0.55 1.04 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.24 0.03 1.27 1.27 0.48

Public-supply losses – – – 0.07 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

– –
72 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

CHATHAM COUNTY

21

7

-13

-15

-10

-5

0

10

20

15

5

25

30

52

54

224 Brunswick aquifer system

0

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

322—Paper, pulp 15.24 13.44

265,128

159,770

94,680

680

City of Garden City 1.08 0.00

Skidaway Island Utilities 1.71 0.00

City of Savannah 23.35 0.00

Hunter Army Airfield 1.04 0.00

City of Tybee Island 0.85 0.00

City of Pooler 0.57 0.00

Chatham County 0.65 0.00

Consolidated Utilities, Inc. 0.52 0.00

Water Utility Management 0.50 0.00

1.5 1.0 26

30

20

10

Upper Floridan aquifer 

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

32.06 0.00 32.06 –

29.73

Public supply

Domestic 0.80 0.00 0.80 21.64 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.25 0.00 0.25 7.20 0.00

Industrial 18.72 19.07 37.79 63.59 77.08

Mining 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.21 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.75 0.26 1.01 1.01 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00

Thermoelectric power 1.40 204.83 206.23 206.23 205.00

TOTAL 54.31 224.17 278.48 311.86 311.81

Lower Floridan aquifer

311—Food 0.73 0.00

325—Chemicals 2.45 5.63

321—Wood 0.25 0.00

Public-supply losses – – – 11.85 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Port Wentworth

Garden City Pooler

Savannah

Atlantic Ocean

CHATHAM

EFFINGHAM

BRYAN

16

95

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

SOUTH CAROLINA

17

80

80

17 Tybee

Island

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.1 Mgal/d was delivered from Chatham to Effingham

County, Georgia and 23.8 Mgal/d from Effingham County to Chatham County, Georgia in 2010. 
Appendix 2 73

0

10

12

8

14

6

16

18

CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY

0.01 0

3.8

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.88

1.2

5.3

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

None

Chattahoochee–Cusseta

Water System 0.34 0.00

11,267

4,120

0

0

0.88

0.4

4

2 0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.34 0.00 0.34 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.54 0.00 0.54 0.82 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.84 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 0.88 0.00 0.88 4.72 0.00

0.28

Public-supply losses – – – 0.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

27

27 280

26

185

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

Cusseta

MUSCOGEE

CHATTAHOOCHEE

ALABAMA

STEWART WEBSTER

MARION

TALBOT

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. About 4 Mgal/d was delivered from Muscogee County, Georgia to 

Chattahoochee County in 2010. 

– –
74 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

CHATTOOGA COUNTY

0.25 0.27

-0.82

1.6

1.6

9.0 Paleozoic-rock aquifer

26,015

8,540

11,910

0

City of Summerville 0.00 2.51

City of Lyerly 0.14 0.00

Chattooga County 0.63 0.00

313—Textile Mills 0.00 5.31

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

1.7

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.81 2.51 3.32 –

6.30

Public supply

Domestic 0.42 0.00 0.42 2.10 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.00

Industrial 0.00 5.31 5.31 5.58 1.32

Mining 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.42 1.23 1.65 1.65 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.67 9.05 10.72 10.24 7.67

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.41 Mgal/d was delivered to an unidentified 

county in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.64 –

-1.5

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

WALKER

FLOYD

ALABAMA

CHATTOOGA

GORDON

Menlo

Lyerly

Summerville

Trion

7

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

48

114

27

27

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 75

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

CHEROKEE COUNTY

-2.7

1.8

1.8

23 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

311—Food 0.02 3.16

214,346

4,560

202,820

670

Lake Arrowhead Utility 0.17 0.00

City of Canton 0.00 2.87

City of Ball Ground 0.17 0.00

Cherokee County WSA 0.00 14.74

-5

0

5

10

15

20

5

10

15

20

25

1.3 0.59

15

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.39 17.54 17.93 –

10.21

Public supply

Domestic 0.52 0.00 0.52 15.47 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.33 0.00

Industrial 0.02 3.16 3.18 3.77 0.13

Mining 0.11 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.44

Irrigation—Crop 0.16 0.11 0.27 0.27 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.63 1.50 2.13 2.13 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.84 22.48 24.32 26.48 10.78

Public-supply losses – – – 3.22 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Ball Ground

Canton

PICKENS

CHEROKEE

DAWSON

FORSYTH

FULTON

COBB

GORDON

BARTOW

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

5

20

20

575

75

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 1.4 Mgal/d was delivered from Cobb and Pickens 

Counties, Georgia to Cherokee County, Georgia and about 0.62 Mgal/d from Cherokee County to Bartow, Pickens, and Dawson Counties, 

Georgia, collectively, in 2010. 
76 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

CLARKE COUNTY

1.6

1.6

13

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.2

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

0.8

1.8

None

116,714

1,880

100,240

410

Athens–Clarke County

Water System 0.00 12.62

3.1 2.3

-2.4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

0.4

0.6

7.1

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.15 12.62 12.77 –

12.38

Public supply

Domestic 1.09 0.00 1.09 8.24 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.07 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.30 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.32 0.06 0.38 0.38 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.05 0.80 0.85 0.85 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1.61 13.50 15.11 17.09 12.38

-4

Public-supply losses – – – 2.23 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

CLARKE

JACKSON

MADISON

OGLETHORPE

OCONEE

WALTON

BARROW

Athens

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

129

78

78

29

29

129

441

441

316

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.2 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Jackson County, Georgia

 and delivered to Clark County, Georgia in 2010. 

– –
Appendix 2 77

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

3.5

4.5

CLAY COUNTY

0.23

0.03

0

-0.03

0.3

2.7

1.9

2.7

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

3,183

1,700

0

6,950

City of Fort Gaines

Clay CountyWater System

0.00

0.04 0.00

0.25

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

2.5

1.5

0.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.29 0.00 0.29 –

0.09

Public supply

Domestic 0.11 0.00 0.11 0.34 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.91 1.86 3.77 3.77 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.33 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.04 0.04 0.08 0.08 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 2.68 1.90 4.58 4.58 0.09

Public-supply losses – – – 0.03 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

RANDOLPH

CLAY

ALABAMA

Bluffton

Fort Gaines

CALHOUN

EARLY

QUITMAN

27

27

37

39

39

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

– –
78 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. A net average of 0.06 Mgal/d was delivered from Fulton County, Georgia

to Clayton County, Georgia in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 4.13 –

1

An average of 18.1 Mgal/d of additional surface water was withdrawn from Henry County, 

Georgia and delivered to Clayton County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

0

CLAYTON COUNTY

0.3

0.3

9.5 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

259,424

80

258,820

60

0.33 9.48 9.81 27.64 2.20

Clayton County Water 

Authority1 0.05 9.30

-5

0

5

10

15

20

19

2.1 1.7

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY (Mgal/d)

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.05 9.30 9.35 –

1.73

Public supply

Domestic 0.04 0.00 0.04 19.38 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.06 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.65 0.00

Mining 0.23 0.02 0.25 0.25 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

–

15

DEKALB

ROCKDALE

CLAYTON HENRY

SPALDING

FAYETTE

FULTON

Jonesboro

Forest Park

75

75

85

285

285

675

19

23

138

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 79

0

0.10

0.20

0.15

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.40

CLINCH COUNTY

0.75

0.01

0.75 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.8

1.0

1.2

2.0

1.4

1.6

1.8

6,798

3,840

0

2,840

332—Fabrication 0.05 0.00

City of Homerville 0.43 0.00

0.28

0.07 0.07

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

-0.06

0.6

0.4

0.2 0.05

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.48 0.00 0.48 –

0.26

Public supply

Domestic 0.22 0.00 0.22 0.50 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.12 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 0.75 0.01 0.76 0.76 0.26

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

ATKINSON

WARE

CHARLTON

CLINCH

DuPont

Homerville

ECHOLS

LANIER

BERRIEN

LOWNDES

FLORIDA

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

441

221

84

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 
80 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

4.0

5.0

COBB COUNTY

4.3

4.3

50 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

322—Paper, pulp 0.39

688,078

0

645,080

680

0.00

Cobb County–Marietta 

Water Authority1 0.00 43.28

4.28 50.41 54.69 82.72 79.42

24

3.0

17

-30

-20

-10

10

20

30

40

50

35

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Cobb County Water System 0.57 0.00

4.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY (Mgal/d)

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.57 43.27 43.84 –

77.44

Public supply

Domestic 3.22 0.00 3.22 38.03 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.54 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.39 0.39 3.41 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.92

Irrigation—Crop 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.34 1.48 1.82 1.82 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 5.25 5.25 5.25 1.00

TOTAL

Public-supply losses – – – 10.50 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Marietta

BARTOW CHEROKEE PAULDING

COBB

DOUGLAS

FULTON

DEKALB

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

278

78

41

20

75 575

285

120

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 10.5 Mgal/d was delivered to Paulding County, Georgia 

1.29 Mgal/d to Cherokee County, Georgia; 0.09 Mgal/d to Fulton County, Georgia; and 0.01 Mgal/d to Douglas County, Georgia from Cobb 

County in 2010.

1

An average of 40.1 Mgal/d was withdrawn from Bartow County, Georgia and delivered to 

Cobb County, Georgia in 2010. 
Appendix 2 81

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.47 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

COFFEE COUNTY

1.8

7.3

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

42,356

21,140

0

23,000

City of Nicholls 0.37 0.00

City of Douglas 2.48 0.00

City of Broxton 0.14 0.00

1.7 0.97

0.32

-0.47

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

7.3

8

10

9

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.48 0.00 3.48 –

2.33

Public supply

Domestic 1.59 0.00 1.59 3.31 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.97 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.91 0.87 2.78 2.78 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.27 0.43 0.70 0.70 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.52 0.58 0.58 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 7.31 1.82 9.13 9.13 2.33

–

COFFEE

Broxton

Ambrose

Douglas Nicholls

ATKINSON

BERRIEN

IRWIN

WARE

BACON

JEFF DAVIS

BEN HILL

TELFAIR

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

221

221

441 319

32

32

441

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
82 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

5

COLQUITT COUNTY

14

9

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

311—Food 1.14 0.00

Lower Floridan aquifer

45,498

23,270

0

44,920

14.38 8.99 23.37 23.37 3.10

Water Service Company

 of Georgia, Inc. 0.16 0.00

City of Norman Park 0.18 0.00

City of Moultrie 2.98 0.00

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

1.8

0.75

0.08 -1.1

10

15

20

25

30

5

10

15

20

25

14

0.16

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.64 0.00 3.64 –

3.10

Public supply

Domestic 1.67 0.00 1.67 3.43 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.00

Industrial 1.14 0.00 1.14 1.22 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 7.80 8.47 16.27 16.27 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.13 0.52 0.65 0.65 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

319

319

75

37

133

133

37

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

Moultrie

Riverside

Berlin

COLQUITT

WORTH TIFT

COOK

THOMAS BROOKS

MITCHELL

Norman Park

Doerun

Funston

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 83

0

2

4

6

COLUMBIA COUNTY

1.6

2.1

17

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

124,053

1,380

104,530

600

2.15 16.93 19.08 19.08 8.85

312—Beverages 0.03 0.00

Columbia County 0.00 16.06

City of Harlem 0.02 0.00

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

11

4.0

0.16 -1.4

8

10

12

14

16

18

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0.52

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.13 16.06 16.19 –

7.57

Public supply

Domestic 1.36 0.00 1.36 11.97 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.02 0.00

Industrial 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.19 0.00

Mining 0.40 0.00 0.40 0.40 1.28

Irrigation—Crop 0.10 0.06 0.16 0.16 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.13 0.77 0.90 0.90 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.40 –

City of Groveland 0.09 0.00

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

COLUMBIA

SOUTH

CAROLINA

Harlem

Grovetown

LINCOLN

MCDUFFIE

RICHMOND

0

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

221

78

278

20

0

520

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
84 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

COOK COUNTY

6.7

1.2

6.7 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

0

17,212

10,200

10,460

6.67 1.21 7.88 7.88 1.26

0.42 0.00

City of Adel 1.26 0.00

City of Sparks

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.1

0.36

0.03 -0.28

4.0

4.5

8

9

10

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.80 0.00 1.80 –

1.25

Public supply

Domestic 0.53 0.00 0.53 1.66 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.01

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00

Mining 0.21 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 4.10 0.88 4.98 4.98 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.13 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

Public-supply losses – – – 0.28 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

–

COLQUITT

TIFT

BERRIEN

COOK

Sparks

Adel

Lenox

BROOKS LOWNDES

Cecil

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

75

41

37

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 85

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

COWETA COUNTY

1.4

1.4

52 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

127,317

6,990

108,300

810

Georgia Community 

Water, Inc. 0.13 0.00

Coweta County Water 

& Sewer Authority 0.03 0.60

City of Senoia 0.06 0.18

City of Newnan 0.00 6.56

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

6.9

1.1 0.85 1.1

100

200

300

400

500

600

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

Domestic 0.90 0.00 0.90 7.78 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.14 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.85 0.00

Mining 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 1.59 1.59 1.59 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 42.58 42.58 42.58 0.00

TOTAL 1.42 51.70 53.12 55.58 3.59

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.43 Mgal/d was delivered to Coweta County, Georgia

 from Spalding County, Georgia and 0.036 Mgal/d was delivered from Fulton County, Georgia in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 1.32 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – – 3.03

Public supply 0.38 7.35 7.73 – –

CARROLL

HEARD

TROUP

COWETA

MERIWETHER

PIKE

SPALDING

FAYETTE

FULTON DOUGLAS

Newnan

Grantville

Moreland Turin

Senoia

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

85

27A

27A

29

29

34

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
86 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

3.0

4.0

5.0

CRAWFORD COUNTY

1.2

0.23

2.6

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

12,630

3,760

0

2,980

2.63 0.23 2.86 2.86 0.12

Crawford County

Water System 0.14 0.00

City of Roberta 0.18 0.00

0.04

0 -0.05

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.26

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0.43

2.2

4.5

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.35 0.00 0.35 –

0.12

Public supply

Domestic 0.67 0.00 0.67 0.93 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.38 0.01 0.39 0.39 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.23 0.00 1.23 1.23 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Roberta CRAWFORD

TAYLOR

MACON HOUSTON

PEACH

UPSON

MONROE

BIBB

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

75

80

80

341

42

475

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 87

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

CRISP COUNTY

1.2

4.9

14 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0

23,439

15,460

28,790

321—Wood 0.11 0.00

Crisp County Waterworks 0.29 0.00

City of Cordele 1.84 0.00

13.79 4.95 18.74 18.74 2.88

1.2

0.62

0.01 -0.41

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Claiborne aquifer

7.06.8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.23 0.00 2.23 –

2.88

Public supply

Domestic 0.60 0.00 0.60 1.80 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.62 0.00

Industrial 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.13 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 10.49 4.90 15.39 15.39 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.33 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.40 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Cordele

Arabi

SUMTER

LEE

WORTH TURNER

WILCOX

DOOLY

CRISP

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

280

41

75

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
88 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

DADE COUNTY

0.1

0.1

2.2 Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

16,633

0

0

15,470

0.10 2.18 2.28 2.28 0.28

Dade County Water 

Authority 0.00 2.09

0.53

0.04 -0.31

-0.4

0

0.4

0.8

1.2

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

1.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 2.09 2.09 –

0.28

Public supply

Domestic 0.09 0.00 0.09 1.30 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.53 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

Public-supply losses – – – 0.31 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Trenton

DADE

TENNESSEE

ALABAMA

WALKER

CATOOSA

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

59

24

11

136

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 89

0

2.0

DAWSON COUNTY

0.90

0.90

1.9 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

22,330

470

15,900

300

0.90 1.85 2.75 2.86 0.00

Etowah Water & Sewer

Authority 0.00 1.25

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.29

0.02 -0.36

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

1.1

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.45 1.25 1.70 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.45 0.00 0.45 1.59 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.06 Mgal/d was delivered to Dawson County, Georgia

 from Cherokee County, Georgia and 0.05 Mgal/d from Forsyth County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.36 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

City of Dawsonville 0.42 0.00

GILMER

FANNIN

LUMPKIN

HALL

FORSYTH

PICKENS DAWSON

CHEROKEE

Dawsonville

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

9

53

53

9

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

0.9

1.0

– –
90 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

DECATUR COUNTY

71

1.6

71 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

313—Textiles 0.00

27,842

14,320

170

69,010

71.31 1.63 72.94 72.94 2.26

0.20

0.36

0 -0.27

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

City of Bainbridge 2.75 0.00

339—Misc manufacturing 0.30 0.00

City of Attapulgus 0.04 0.00

2.2

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.87 0.00 2.87 –

1.69

Public supply

Domestic 1.00 0.00 1.00 3.24 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00

Industrial 0.71 0.58 1.29 1.29 0.57

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 66.51 1.00 67.51 67.51 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.15 0.05 0.20 0.20 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

327—Stone, clay 0.17 0.58

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.27 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Bainbridge

Brinson

Climax

Attapulgus

DECATUR

FLORIDA

SEMINOLE

MILLER

BAKER

MITCHELL GRADY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

27

84

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses
Appendix 2 91

0

1.0

2.0 4.0

1.8

DEKALB COUNTY

0.93

0.93

1.7

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

691,890

0

691,890

900

0.93 1.73 2.66 77.85 36.74

39

20

5.3

0

10

20

30

40

50

None—DeKalb County withdraws water in Fulton 

County

1.6

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 0.00 0.00 –

36.34

Public supply

Domestic 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.97 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.49 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.29 0.00

Mining 0.34 0.00 0.34 0.34 0.40

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.59 1.73 2.32 2.44 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 74.95 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Fulton County, Georgia

 and delivered to DeKalb County and 0.1 Mgal/d from DeKalb County to Henry County, Georgia in 2010. About 4.2 Mgal/d were delivered to 

customers within the City of Atlanta water service area in DeKalb County. 

Public-supply losses – – – 10.32 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

60

70

62

Decatur DEKALB

ROCKDALE

CLAYTON HENRY

FULTON COBB

GWINNETT

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

20

85

285

675

78

29

23 316

400

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
92 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

2

4

6

DODGE COUNTY

3.2 1.9

9.3

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

21,796

8,800

0

14,320

9.33 3.16 12.49 12.49 0.65

City of Eastman 1.01 0.00

0.29

0.09

-0.15

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

8

9

10

8

10

12

14

16

Town of Chester 0.08 0.00

7.4

Cretaceous aquifer system

0.62

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.15 0.00 1.15 –

0.65

Public supply

Domestic 0.97 0.00 0.97 1.59 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 6.29 3.02 9.31 9.31 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.16 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.76 0.14 0.90 0.90 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.15 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

DODGE

WILCOX

TELFAIR

PULASKI

BLECKLEY

LAURENS

WHEELER

Eastman

Chauncey

Rhine

Chester

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

341

341

23

23

441

319

280

117

117

257

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 93

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

DOOLY COUNTY

4.7

23

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

0.00

14,918

7,290

0

41,630

22.99 4.66 27.65 27.65 0.10

321—Wood products 0.10

City of Vienna 1.55 0.00

City of Unadilla 0.63 0.00

City of Pinehurst 0.10 0.00

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0 0.76 0.51 0.52

-0.56

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

4.5

8.0

0.69

7.0

7.3

Cretaceous aquifer system

Clayton aquifer

Claiborne aquifer

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.35 0.00 2.35 –

0.10

Public supply

Domestic 0.57 0.00 0.57 1.33 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 0.00

Industrial 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.62 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 19.95 4.53 24.48 24.48 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.13 0.15 0.15 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.56 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

MACON

DOOLY

HOUSTON

PULASKI WILCOX

SUMTER CRISP

Vienna

Pinehurst

Unadilla

Lilly

Byromville

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

75

41

41

27

27

90

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
94 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

DOUGHERTY COUNTY

41 15

50

Upper Floridan aquifer

0.00

94,565

90,870

0

19,350

40.63 50.36 90.99 90.99 68.59

312—Beverages 2.83

Albany Water, Gas 

and Light Commission 14.88 0.00

8.2

4.1

0.71 -2.3

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

10

20

30

40

50

60

8.7

8.9

8.0

Cretaceous aquifer system

Clayton aquifer

Claiborne aquifer

0 0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

15.33 0.00 15.33 –

16.60

Public supply

Domestic 0.28 0.00 0.28 8.51 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.09 0.00

Industrial 8.30 0.00 8.30 9.01 1.99

Mining 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 15.53 0.21 15.74 15.74 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 1.09 0.13 1.22 1.22 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.04 0.02 0.06 0.06 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.01 50.00 50.01 50.01 50.00

TOTAL

322—Paper, pulp 5.37 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.30 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

Albany

Putney

TERRELL LEE

DOUGHERTY

CALHOUN

BAKER MITCHELL

WORTH

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

19

82

82

91

62

91

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 95

0

4.0

DOUGLAS COUNTY

0.8

0.8

22 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

0.81 22.19 23.00 15.04 6.71

132,403

540

128,000

365

Douglasville-Douglas Co.

Water & Sewerage Auth. 0.00 11.95

8.2

1.4 0.41 -10

-10

0

2

4

6

8

10

5

10

15

20

25

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.04 19.93 19.97 –

6.29

Public supply

Domestic 0.29 0.00 0.29 8.49 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.36 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.00

Mining 0.32 0.00 0.32 0.32 0.42

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.16 1.66 1.82 1.82 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

City of East Point 0.00 1

7.97

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 7.97 Mgal/d were withdrawn from Douglas County

and delivered to Fulton County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.04 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

1

This water was delivered to and used in Fulton County in 2010.

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

278

78

92

92

5

20

85

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

Douglasville

DOUGLAS

CARROLL

FULTON

COBB

PAULDING

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
96 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

EARLY COUNTY

10

31

116 Claiborne aquifer

0

109.12

0

11,008

6,790

52,670

31.52 116.00 147.52 147.52 43.70

322—Paper, pulp 0.10

City of Damascus 0.09 0.00

City of Blakely 1.23 0.00

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.86

0.27

0 -0.21

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

11

10

0.29

Clayton aquifer

Cretaceous aquifer system

Upper Floridan aquifer

10

20

30

40

50

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.34 0.00 1.34 –

1.16

Public supply

Domestic 0.32 0.00 0.32 1.18 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00

Industrial 0.38 109.12 109.50 109.50 42.54

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 29.44 6.71 36.15 36.15 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.04 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

331—Primary metals 0.28 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.21 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

Blakely

Jakin

Damascus

EARLY

ALABAMA

MILLER

SEMINOLE DECATUR

BAKER

CALHOUN

CLAY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

27

84

27

62

62

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 97

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

ECHOLS COUNTY

1.3

0.14

1.3

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

4,034

760

0

2,360

1.28 0.14 1.42 1.42 0.00

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

0 0 0 <0.01

Echols County 

Water Authority 0.05 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.05 0.00 0.05 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.30 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.98 0.11 1.09 1.09 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

0.06

0.04

0.02

0.01

0.03

0.05 0.05

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – <0.01 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-0.01

Statenville

LOWNDES

LANIER

ECHOLS

FLORIDA

CLINCH

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

129

41

94

187

441

441

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

– –
98 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

EFFINGHAM COUNTY

Upper Floridan aquifer

14.42

52,250

31,260

1,890

980

5.71 117.21 122.92 90.92 16.09

322—Paper, pulp 0.81

Residential subdivision 0.14 0.00

City of Springfield 0.71 0.00

City of Rincon 0.85 0.00

City of Guyton 0.20 0.00

5.7

117

0.27 0.33 -31

-35

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Water Utility Management 0.39 0.00

Lakeside Water Company 0.22 0.00

Middle Georgia Water Co. 0.16 0.00

2.5 5.7

0

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.08 32.50 35.58 –

0.71

Public supply

Domestic 1.43 0.00 1.43 3.94 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00

Industrial 0.81 14.42 15.23 15.56 15.38

Mining 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.18 0.05 0.23 0.23 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.07 0.09 0.09 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.04 70.17 70.21 70.21 0.00

TOTAL

Savannah Industrial &

Domestic Water 0.00 32.50

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 30.54 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Effingham County 

 and delivered and used in Chatham County, Georgia in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 0.47 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

SCREVEN

Guyton Springfield

Rincon

BULLOCH

BRYAN CHATHAM

EFFINGHAM

SOUTH

CAROLINA 21

119

119

16 95

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

80

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 99

0

ELBERT COUNTY

1.5

1.5

2.0

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

20,166

1,100

6,000

575

1.48 1.98 3.46 3.46 1.03

City of Elberton 0.00 1.52

0.17

0.52

-0.22

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

City of Bowman 0.06 0.00

0.68

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.07 1.52 1.59 –

1.03

Public supply

Domestic 0.98 0.00 0.98 1.66 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.18 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.00

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.26 0.08 0.34 0.34 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.06 0.08 0.14 0.14 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.30 0.32 0.32 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.22 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

Elberton

Bowman

ELBERT

WILKES LINCOLN

OGLETHORPE

MADISON

HART

SOUTH

CAROLINA

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

72

72

17

17 77

77

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
100 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

EMANUEL COUNTY

3.4

0.3

6.3 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

311—Food 0.00

22,598

11,570

0

3,490

6.34 0.25 6.59 6.59 0.84

0.97

City of Twin City 0.17 0.00

0.27

0.09 -0.29

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

City of Stillmore 0.09 0.00

City of Swainsboro 1.16 0.00

City of Adrian 0.10 0.00

2.9

1.1

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.67 0.00 1.67 –

0.84

Public supply

Domestic 0.83 0.00 0.83 1.95 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00

Industrial 0.97 0.00 0.97 1.06 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 2.71 0.02 2.73 2.73 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.16 0.23 0.39 0.39 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.19 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Swainsboro

Adrian

Nunez

Twin City

Stillmore

Oak

Park

Garfield

EMANUEL

CANDLER

TOOMBS TATTNALL MONTGOMERY

TREUTLEN

JOHNSON

JEFFERSON WASHINGTON

JENKINS

BULLOCH

1

1

221

80

BURKE

Summertown

16

56

57

192

56

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Cretaceous aquifer system
Appendix 2 101

0

4.0

EVANS COUNTY

4.1

0.92

4.1 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

311—Food 0.00

11,000

4,120

0

7,100

1.50

4.09 0.92 5.01 5.01 0.02

City of Claxton 0.47 0.00

0.10

0.02

-0.07

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4 4.5

City of Hagan 0.08 0.00

0.40

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.59 0.00 0.59 –

0.02

Public supply

Domestic 0.52 0.00 0.52 0.92 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00

Industrial 1.50 0.00 1.50 1.52 0.00

Mining 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.34 0.81 2.15 2.15 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.07 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Claxton Daisy

Hagan

Bellville

EVANS

TATTNALL

CANDLER

BULLOCH

BRYAN

LIBERTY

301

25

301

25

280

280

16

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
102 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

FANNIN COUNTY

1.0

1.0

8.2 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

23,682

1,670

10,150

200

1.02 8.21 9.23 9.12 2.29

City of Mccaysville 0.00 0.85

City of Blue Ridge 0.00 0.93

1.1

0.39

0.04 -0.42

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

5

10

15

20

25

City of Morganton 0.11 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.12 1.78 1.90 –

0.34

Public supply

Domestic 0.89 0.00 0.89 1.98 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.39 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 6.42 6.42 6.42 1.95

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.12 Mgal/d was delivered from Fannin County, Georgia

 to Polk County, Tennessee in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.27 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Mineral Bluff

Morganton

Blue

Ridge 

McCaysville

FANNIN

TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA

MURRAY

GILMER

LUMPKIN

DAWSON PICKENS

UNION N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 

76

76

60

60

SPUR

60

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 103

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

FAYETTE COUNTY

2.2 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

106,567

9,300

83,130

645

2.17 10.62 12.79 12.81 5.44

Fayette County 0.12 9.02

City of Fayetteville 0.63 0.71

2.2

11 0.92 0.46 -1.4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

7.9

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.93 9.73 10.66 –

5.26

Public supply

Domestic 1.06 0.00 1.06 8.94 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.92 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.00

Mining 0.18 0.00 0.18 0.18 0.17

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. The City of Atlanta delivered 0.019 Mgal/d of water to Fayette County

in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 1.42 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Fayetteville

Brooks

FAYETTE

COWETA

SPALDING

CLAYTON

HENRY

FULTON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

85

74

54

85

92

92

85

75

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
104 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

4.0

FLOYD COUNTY

1.9 Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

0.00

96,317

2,820

87,890

2,140

1.90 472.76 474.66 474.80 443.07

812—Laundry services 0.14

Floyd County 0.28 3.08

City of Rome 0.00 8.55

City of Cave Spring 0.29 0.88

1.9

473

3.1

1.1

-2.5

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

322—Paper, pulp 0.00 25.71

6.7

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.57 12.51 13.08 –

11.07

Public supply

Domestic 0.42 0.00 0.42 7.14 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.32 0.32 3.40 0.00

Industrial 0.14 25.71 25.85 27.00 0.00

Mining 0.10 0.01 0.11 0.11 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.05 1.14 1.19 1.19 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.59 0.22 0.81 0.81 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.68 0.71 0.71 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 432.17 432.17 432.17 432.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.6 Mgal/d was delivered from Bartow County, Georgia

to Floyd County, Georgia and 0.13 Mgal/d from Floyd County to DeKalb County, Alabama in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 2.27 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Rome

FLOYD

CHATTOOGA

ALABAMA

WALKER

GORDON

BARTOW

POLK

Cave Spring

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

27

27

411

411

20

1L

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicabl; Mgal/d, million gallons per daye]

Year Year
Appendix 2 105

0

4.0

FORSYTH COUNTY

1.1

1.1

26 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

175,511

400

172,890

350

1.14 26.22 27.36 27.31 2.69

Forsyth County Water 

& Sewer Authority 0.00 7.77

City of Cumming 0.00 11.41

12

3.1 2.1

-2.5

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

5

10

15

20

25

30 4.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.04 19.18 19.22 –

2.25

Public supply

Domestic 0.17 0.00 0.17 11.67 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.11 0.08

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.14 0.30

Mining 0.70 0.01 0.71 0.71 0.06

Irrigation—Crop 0.23 0.07 0.30 0.30 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 6.68 6.68 6.68 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.05 Mgal/d was delivered from Forsyth County to

Dawson County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.42 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Cumming

FORSYTH

DAWSON

CHEROKEE

FULTON GWINNETT

HALL

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

20

20

985

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
106 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

FRANKLIN COUNTY

1.5

1.5

3.2

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

22,084

8,270

375

1.51 3.22 4.73 4.48 0.73

0.00 0.26

City of Lavonia 1.51

City of Franklin Springs 0.52 0.00

City of Royston

1.1

0.42 0.40

-0.44

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

4,450

0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.62 1.77 2.39 –

0.73

Public supply

Domestic 0.70 0.00 0.70 1.83 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.19 0.15 0.34 0.34 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 1.22 1.22 1.22 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. In 2010, an average of 0.08 Mgal/d was delivered from Stephens 

County , Georgia and 0.04 Mgal/d from Banks County, Georgia to Franklin County; whereas, an average of 0.37 Mgal/d was delivered to Hart 

County, Georgia from Franklin County.

Public-supply losses – – – 0.19 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Carnesville FRANKLIN

STEPHENS

SOUTH

CAROLINA

BANKS

MADISON ELBERT

HART

Lavonia

Canon

Franklin

Springs Royston

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

29

29

17

106 320

106

106

145

17

85

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 107

0

FULTON COUNTY

4.8

4.8

204 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.00

920,581

0

870,810

2,180

4.77 203.75 208.52 139.68 137.49

334—Electronics 0.01

City of Roswell 0.00 1.08

City of Atlanta 0.00 84.10

Atlanta-Fulton Co. Water

Resources Commission 

0.00 40.15

DeKalb County1 0.00 74.95

City of Palmetto 0.00 0.42

50

100

150

200

250

1

2

3

4

5

6

82

9.6 3.5 -103

-60

-90

-30

0

20

40

60

80

100

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 200.70 200.70 –

136.16

Public supply

Domestic 3.73 0.00 3.73 87.91 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.61 0.00

Industrial 0.01 0.00 0.01 3.53 0.01

Mining 0.26 0.00 0.26 0.26 1.32

Irrigation—Crop 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course/turf 0.73 2.96 3.69 6.44 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

1

All water withdrawn is used in DeKalb County, Georgia.

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. Does not include water used (4.2 Mgal/d) in the DeKalb County portion 

of Atlanta’s service area. In 2010, an average of 0.05 Mgal/d was delivered from Cobb County, Georgia and 0.02 Mgal/d was delivered from 

Clayton County, Georgia to Fulton County; whereas, an average of 0.01 Mgal/d was delivered from Fulton County to Coweta County, Georgia. 

Public-supply losses – – – 31.80 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-120

FULTON

PAULDING

DOUGLAS

CARROLL

COWETA FAYETTE

CLAYTON

DEKALB

Roswell

Palmetto

East

Point

HENRY

GWINNETT

CHEROKEE FORSYTH

COBB

BARTOW

Atlanta

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

29

29

78

19

19

78

41

23

400

85

85

20

285

75

75

575

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
108 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

GILMER COUNTY

2.8

2.8

4.1

Crystalline-rock aquifer

28,292

870

11,280

320

2.76 4.08 6.84 6.84 3.51

327—Stone, clay 1.42 0.00

Ellijay–Gilmer County 

Water Authority 0.00 3.05

0.65

0.46

1.5

-0.50

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.06 3.05 3.11 –

2.09

Public supply

Domestic 1.21 0.00 1.21 1.86 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.00

Industrial 1.42 0.00 1.42 2.93 0.00

Mining 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 1.42

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.49 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Ellijay

GILMER

FANNIN

MURRAY

LUMPKIN

DAWSON PICKENS

GORDON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

76

76

52

52

5

5

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 109

0

GLASCOCK COUNTY

0.16

0.08

0.32

0

0.00

3,082

900

0

90

0.32 0.08 0.40 0.40 0.59

327—Stone, clay 0.07

0.07

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.12

Town of Gibson 0.06 0.00

Town of Mitchell 0.01 0.00

0.16

Cretaceous aquifer system

<0.01 0

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.04

0.02

-0.02

0 < -0.01

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.07 0.00 0.07 –

0.03

Public supply

Domestic 0.16 0.00 0.16 0.23 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 <0.01 0.00

Industrial 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.56

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – <0.01 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

HANCOCK

WARREN

MCDUFFIE

JEFFERSON

WASHINGTON

GLASCOCK Gibson

Mitchell

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

80

80

16

171

102

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

Floridan aquifer system
110 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

GLYNN COUNTY

1.2

9.0

56 Upper Floridan aquifer

311—Food 0.26 0.00

79,626

66,950

0

2,130

55.60 9.01 64.62 64.62 56.94

St. Simon’s Island 2.59 0.00

Sea Island Company 1.01 0.00

Jekyll Island Authority 0.71 0.00

Brunswick–Glynn Co. 

Joint W&S Authority 5.13 0.00

2.6

0.24

-1.6 -3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

5.8

Brunswick aquifer system

322—Paper, pulp 32.71 0.00

325—Chemical products 8.25 0.00

3.1

53

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

10.15 0.00 10.15 –

8.79

Public supply

Domestic 0.95 0.00 0.95 6.72 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.08 0.00 0.08 2.63 0.00

Industrial 41.22 0.00 41.22 41.46 40.05

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 3.19 0.25 3.44 3.44 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.01 8.08 8.09 8.09 8.10

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.60 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Brunswick St Simons Island

Sea Island

GLYNN

WAYNE MCINTOSH

BRANTLEY

CAMDEN

95

Atlantic Ocean

341

17

82

Jekyll Island

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 111

0

GORDON COUNTY

3.9

3.9

9.6 Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

0.06 0.00

55,186

14,120

32,390

1,970

3.94 9.59 13.53 12.85 5.46

313—Textiles

City of Calhoun 3.18 7.33

4.1

2.4 1.8

-2.3

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

4.0

4.5

5.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.19 7.33 10.52 –

5.37

Public supply

Domestic 0.65 0.00 0.65 4.70 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.42 0.01

Industrial 0.06 0.00 0.06 1.85 0.08

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 1.30 1.31 1.31 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.81 0.84 0.84 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.37 Mgal/d was delivered to Pickens County, Georgia

and 0.31 Mgal/d to Murray County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.58 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

GORDON

BARTOW

FLOYD

WALKER

CHATOOGA

WHITFIELD MURRAY

PICKENS CHEROKEE GILMER

Calhoun

Fairmount

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

53 156 53

156

411

41 75

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
112 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

GRADY COUNTY

7.3

2.3

7.3

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

25,011

11,130

0

15,950

7.26 2.29 9.54 9.54 1.52

City of Cairo 1.59 0.00

1.2

0.26

0 -0.25

-0.4

0

0.4

0.8

1.2

1.6

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2

4

6

8

10

12

City of Whigham 0.03 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.68 0.00 1.68 –

1.52

Public supply

Domestic 1.04 0.00 1.04 2.21 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 4.28 1.47 5.74 5.74 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.16 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.10 0.82 0.92 0.92 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.25 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Cairo Whigham

GRADY

FLORIDA

DECATUR

MITCHELL

COLQUITT

THOMAS

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

111

111

93

93

319

84

84

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 113

0

GREENE COUNTY

1.7

1.7

2.7

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

15,994

7,380

4,770

890

1.74 2.75 4.49 4.49 0.21

Piedmont Water Company 0.95 0.00

City of Union Point 0.00 0.20

City of Greensboro 0.00 0.62

0.21

-0.20

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

1.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.09 0.82 1.91 –

0.19

Public supply

Domestic 0.29 0.00 0.29 1.79 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.28 0.00 0.28 0.28 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 1.63 1.63 1.63 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.20 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0

OCONEE OGLETHORPE

TALIAFERRO

WILKES

HANCOCK PUTNAM

MORGAN

GREENE

Woodville

Union Point

Greensboro

Siloam

White Plains

77

15

278

278

15

20

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
114 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

GWINNETT COUNTY

0.9

1.8

0.9

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

805,321

4,190

801,131

1,000

0.90 1.80 2.70 80.64 40.02

City of Lawrenceville 0.25 0.00

City of Suwanee 0.06 0.00

21

0.50

72

0

10

20

30

40

50

60 52

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

4.5

3.5

1.5

2.5

0.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.41 0.00 0.41 –

38.03

Public supply

Domestic 0.00 0.00 0.00 51.83 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 21.47 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.82

Mining 0.39 0.01 0.40 0.40 1.17

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.07 1.78 1.85 1.85 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Gwinnett County Dept. of Water Resources withdraws water

from Lake Sidney Lanier at an intake location in Hall County

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 76.73 Mgal/d was withdrawn from Hall County, Georgia, 

but delivered to and used in Gwinnett County in 2010. About 29 percent of the Braselton service area is in Gwinnett County. 

Public-supply losses – – – 4.55 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

70

80

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

4.5

3.5

1.5

2.5

0.5

GWINNETT

Duluth

Suwanee

Buford

WALTON

ROCKDALE

DEKALB

FULTON

CHEROKEE

FORSYTH

HALL

BARROW

JACKSON Lawrenceville

78

29

316

20

85

20

85

985

285

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

29

23

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 115

0

HABERSHAM COUNTY

2.3

2.3

9.8 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

43,041

12,740

14,930

470

2.31 9.84 12.15 12.27 3.19 City of Demorest 0.45 0.00

City of Cornelia 0.00 1.89

City of Clarkesville 0.00 0.69

City of Baldwin 0.00 1.63

City of Alto 0.45 0.00

2.7

0.54

1.4

-0.66

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

2

4

6

8

10

12

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.07 4.21 5.28 –

2.90

Public supply

Domestic 1.15 0.00 1.15 3.82 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.54 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.41 0.19

Mining 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.26 0.28 0.28 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 5.07 5.08 5.08 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.12 Mgal/d was delivered from Stephens County, 

Georgia to Habersham County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.78 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

23

23

123

123

441

441

BANKS

STEPHENS

FRANKLIN

HABERSHAM

RABUN

WHITE

HALL

TOWNS

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

115

115

197

N

Clarkesville

Demorest

Mount Airy

Cornelia

Baldwin

Alto

SOUTH

CAROLINA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
116 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

HALL COUNTY

3.6

3.6

97 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

311—Food products 0.21 0.00

179,684

7,150

144,670

830

3.62 96.61 100.23 23.82 9.03

City of Gainesville 0.00 17.52

City of Flowery Branch 0.23 0.00

Gwinnett Co. Dept. of

Water Resources

City of Buford 0.00 1

1.26

0.00 1

75.46

8.4

2.2

4.9

-79

-80

0

2

4

6

8

10

20

40

60

80

100

120

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.55 94.24 94.79 –

9.03

Public supply

Domestic 2.09 0.00 2.09 10.52 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.16 0.00

Industrial 0.21 0.00 0.21 5.06 0.00

Mining 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.07 0.04 0.11 0.11 0.00

0.41 0.85 1.26 2 Irrigation—Golf course 1.51 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.09 1.48 1.57 1.57 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1

Water withdrawn is used in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 76.72 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Hall County and 

delivered to and used in Gwinnett County, Georgia in 2010. 2

Includes 0.25 Mgal/d of water delivered for irrigation.

Public-supply losses – – – 2.69 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

23

23

129

129

53

53

JACKSON

BANKS

HALL

GWINNETT

FORSYTH

DAWSON

LUMPKIN

WHITE HABERSHAM

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Flowery

Branch

Gainesville

Lula

Buford

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

985

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 117

0

HANCOCK COUNTY

1.0

1.0

1.3

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

9,429

3,150

3,650

310

1.01 1.30 2.31 2.31 0.02

City of Sparta 0.00 1.12

0.51

0 -0.22

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Piedmont Water Company 0.17 0.00

0.62

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.23 1.12 1.35 –

0.02

Public supply

Domestic 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.71 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.62 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.52 0.13 0.65 0.65 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.22 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

WASHINGTON

WARREN

TALIAFERRO GREENE

PUTNAM

BALDWIN

HANCOCK

GLASCOCK

22

22

15

15

16

16

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Sparta

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
118 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

HARALSON COUNTY

0.6

0.6

3.3

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

28,780

320

22,430

30

0.59 3.32 3.91 4.11 0.81

Haralson County Water

Authority 0.09 2.34

City of Bremen 0.00 0.19

1.6

0.47

0.05

-0.46

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.09 2.53 2.62 –

0.81

Public supply

Domestic 0.45 0.00 0.45 2.10 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.05 0.57 0.62 0.62 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.2 Mgal/d was delivered from Cleburne County, 

Alabama to Haralson County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.65 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

POLK

PAULDING

HARALSON

CARROLL

78

27

27

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital files

100

120

100

ALABAMA

Bremen

Tallapoosa

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 119

0

HARRIS COUNTY

1.1

1.1

6.0 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

32,024

5,250

20,730

220

0.00 0.00 0.00

1.14 5.96 7.10

0.00

4.27

0.00

1.52

Harris County Water

System 0.00 2.08

City of Hamilton 0.10

Chattahoochee Valley 

Water Supply District 0.00 1

3.78

0.00

0.12

0.94

-3.0

-3.0

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.41 5.86 6.27 –

1.39

Public supply

Domestic 0.45 0.00 0.45 2.62 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.13

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.94 0.00

Mining 0.13 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00

Thermoelectric power

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.82 Mgal/d was delivered from Muscogee County, 

Georgia and 0.08 Mgal/d from Talbot County, Georgia to Harris County in 2010. An average of 3.73 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Harris County, 

Georgia but delivered to and used in Chambers County, Alabama in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.21 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

1

An average of 3.73 Mgal/d was delivered to and used in Chambers County, Alabama 

in 2010

27

27A

MUSCOGEE

HARRIS

TALBOT

MERIWETHER

TROUP

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

116

116

315 219

219

103

315

ALABAMA

Hamilton

Pine Mountain

Waverly Hall

Shiloh

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

185

85

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
120 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

HART COUNTY

1.5

1.5

2.7

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

25,213

2,200

7,900

990

1.51 2.69 4.20 4.66 0.00

City of Hartwell 0.00 1.02

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

0.35

0.04 -0.26

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.66

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.13 1.02 1.15 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 1.13 0.00 1.13 2.11 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.25 0.61 0.86 0.86 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.08 Mgal/d was delivered to Franklin County, Georgia

 in 2010. Parts of the cities of Royston and Canon lie in Hart County. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.24 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

ELBERT

HART

FRANKLIN

STEPHENS

MADISON

29

29

77

77

17

17

17

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

172

Hartwell

Bowersville

SOUTH

CAROLINA

51

51

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 121

0

HEARD COUNTY

0.32

0.32

50

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

11,834

840

7,530

0

0.06 1.40 1.46 –

0.32 50.17 50.49 50.49

0.00

0.00

Heard County Water

Authority 0.00 1.40

City of Ephesus 0.06 0.00

0.60

0.55

<0.01 -0.31

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

Public supply

Domestic 0.26 0.00 0.26 0.86 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.55 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 <0.01 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 48.61 48.61 48.61 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.31 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

27

27

34

TROUP

COWETA

HEARD

CARROLL

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

219

ALABAMA

Franklin

Ephesus

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

– –
122 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

HENRY COUNTY

4.4

4.4

39 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

203,922

5,080

172,000

880

4.36 38.59 42.95 24.73 23.09

Henry County Water

Authority 0.00 17.33

City of Stockbridge 0.28 0.00

City of McDonough 0.00 1.15

City of Locust Grove 0.00 0.29

Clayton County Water

Authority 0.00 1

15.23

14

2.1

0.49 -5.8

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.58 36.90 37.48 –

22.65

Public supply

Domestic 2.01 0.00 2.01 15.88 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.49 0.00

Mining 0.19 0.00 0.19 0.19 0.44

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 1.52 0.81 2.33 2.33 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.80 0.86 0.86 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

1

Withdrawn from Little Cotton Indian Creek in Henry County, Georgia and delivered to 

Harbin Reservoir (Edwin Blalock) in Henry County, Georgia. Withdrawals from Harbin 

Reservoir are delivered and used in Clayton County, Georgia.

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.13 Mgal/d was delivered from DeKalb County, 

Georgia to Henry County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.80 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-4

-6

McDonough

Locust

Grove

19

41

23

23

81

BUTTS

NEWTON

ROCKDALE

HENRY

SPALDING

CLAYTON

DEKALB

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Stockbridge

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

285

675 20

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 123

0

HOUSTON COUNTY

32

0.58

32 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

311—Food 2.64 0.00

139,900

137,570

0

8,910

32.33 0.58 32.91 30.98 11.48

USAF Robins Airbase 1.55 0.00

Houston County 10.62 0.00

City of Warner Robins 8.01 0.00

City of Perry 2.33 0.00

City of Centerville 1.11 0.00

14

2.6 1.2 -4.1

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

23.76 0.00 23.76 –

10.32

Public supply

Domestic 0.17 0.00 0.17 14.64 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.56 0.00

Industrial 2.96 0.00 2.96 4.11 1.16

Mining 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 4.87 0.19 5.06 5.06 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.55 0.34 0.89 0.89 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

327—Stone, clay 0.24 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.88 Mgal/d included in the industrial category was 

water withdrawn for groundwater remediation in 2010. Domestic and commercial customers in Peach County, Georgia were served by 

public water suppliers in Houston County, Georgia in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 3.65 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

PULASKI

BLECKLEY

TWIGGS

BIBB

CRAWFORD

PEACH

HOUSTON

MACON

DOOLY

41

41

341

341

129

129

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

127

96

224

Perry

Centerville

Elberta

Warner

Robins

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

16

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
124 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

IRWIN COUNTY

4.8

4.8 3.4

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

9,538

4,030

0

31,050

4.82 3.38 8.20 8.20 0.00

City of Ocilla 0.48 0.00

0.26

0.15

0.04

-0.06

-0.10

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

Town of Mystic 0.02 0.00

2

4

6

8

10

8 12

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.52 0.00 0.52 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.41 0.00 0.41 0.67 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 3.65 3.27 6.92 6.92 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.21 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.11 0.14 0.15 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

ATKINSON

COFFEE

BERRIEN

TIFT

TURNER

WILCOX

DODGE

IRWIN

BEN HILL

319

319

129

129

32

32

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Ocilla

Mystic

Irwinville

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 125

0

JACKSON COUNTY

2.4

2.4

14 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

311—Food products 0.48 0.00

60,485

3,180

42,160

310

2.36 14.24 16.60 12.05 1.93

Upper Oconee Basin 

Water Authority 0.00 9.40

City of Jefferson 0.00 1.12

City of Braselton 0.13 0.00

3.6

1.2

0.45

-7.2

-10

0

1

2

3

4

5

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.31 10.52 10.83 –

1.93

Public supply

Domestic 1.14 0.00 1.14 4.75 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.21 0.00

Industrial 0.48 0.00 0.48 0.93 0.00

Mining 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.09 0.03 0.12 0.12 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.25 3.38 3.63 3.63 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 1.0 Mgal/d was delivered to Clarke County, Georgia, 

1.65 Mgal/d to Barrow County, Georgia, 2.1 Mgal/d to Oconee County, Georgia, and 0.06 Mgal/d was delivered to Banks County, Georgia 

in 2010. An average of 0.02 Mgal/d was delivered from Gwinnett County, Georgia to Jackson County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.01 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

129

129

441

JACKSON 

HALL

BANKS

MADISON

CLARKE

OCONEE

BARROW

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Jefferson

Pendergrass

Braselton

Hoschton

Nicholson

Commerce

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

985

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
126 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

JASPER COUNTY

1.4

1.4 1.5

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

13,900

3,770

2,930

170

1.40 1.50 2.90 2.97 0.23

Turtle Cove Property

Owners Association 0.18 0.00

City of Monticello 0.19 0.46

0.60

0.20

0.04 -0.04

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.42 0.46 0.88 –

0.23

Public supply

Domestic 0.54 0.00 0.54 1.14 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.80 0.80 0.84 0.00

Mining 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.40 0.06 0.46 0.46 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.07 Mgal/d was delivered from Newton County, 

Georgia to Jasper County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.11 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

JONES

MONROE

JASPER

PUTNAM

NEWTON MORGAN

BUTTS

83

16

11

11

83

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

212

212

Monticello

Shady

Dale

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 127

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY

2.6

1.0

3.4 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

313—Textiles 0.05 0.00

15,068

6,960

0

9,838

3.41 0.98 4.39 4.39 0.71

City of Hazelhurst 0.80 0.00

0.52

0.07 0.05 -0.20

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

8

Lower Floridan aquifer

0.81

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.84 0.00 0.84 –

0.71

Public supply

Domestic 0.61 0.00 0.61 1.13 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.59 0.62 2.21 2.21 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.27 0.36 0.63 0.63 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.20 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

APPLING

BACON COFFEE

JEFF DAVIS

TELFAIR

WHEELER

TOOMBS MONTGOMERY

23

23

221

221

341

341

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Hazelhurst

Denton

107

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
128 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

JEFFERSON COUNTY

3.4 3.1

14 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

16,930

9,060

0

16,015

13.66 3.38 17.04 17.04 3.08

212—Kaolin and ball clay 4.14 3.17

City of Louisville 0.71 0.00

City of Wadley 0.37 0.00

City of Wrens 0.17 0.00

0.91

0.27

0.03 -0.14

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

Cretaceous aquifer system

11

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.35 0.00 1.35 –

1.01

Public supply

Domestic 0.59 0.00 0.59 1.50 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.00

Industrial 4.14 3.17 7.31 7.34 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.07

Irrigation—Crop 7.01 0.00 7.01 7.01 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.53 0.21 0.74 0.74 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.14 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

BURKE

EMANUEL

WARREN RICHMOND

GLASCOCK

JEFFERSON

WASHINGTON

JOHNSON

1

1

1

221

221

221

80

80

88

24

24

88

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Louisville

Wrens

Stapleton

Avera

Wadley

Bartow

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 129

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

JENKINS COUNTY

0.77

2.1

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

0

8,340

3,340

8,060

2.15 0.77 2.92 2.92 0.72

City of Millen 0.34 0.00

0.22

0.06

0

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

2.1

-0.10

-0.07

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.35 0.00 0.35 –

0.72

Public supply

Domestic 0.38 0.00 0.38 0.60 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.30 0.73 2.03 2.03 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.12 0.04 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.07 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

25

25

17

17

21

23

23

BULLOCH

SCREVEN

BURKE

JENKINS

EMANUEL

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Millen

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –

1.06 1.09

Groundwater

Cretaceous aquifer system
130 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

JOHNSON COUNTY

0.90

0.13

1.8 Cretaceous-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

9,980

3,060

0

1,640

1.81 0.13 1.94 1.94 0.70

City of Wrightsville 0.51 0.00

0.20

0.28

0 0

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

-0.10

-0.08

0.91

Upper Floridan aquifer

3.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.56 0.00 0.56 –

0.70

Public supply

Domestic 0.52 0.00 0.52 0.72 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.71 0.07 0.78 0.78 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Town of Kite 0.04 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.08 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

80

319

319

221

221

57

57

15

15

TREUTLEN

EMANUEL

JEFFERSON

WASHINGTON

JOHNSON

LAURENS

WILKINSON N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Wrightsville

Kite

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

16

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 131

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

JONES COUNTY

2.2

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

28,669

13,940

610

230

3.67 3.16 6.83 4.07 1.51

Jones County Water Comm. 1.12 0.00

City of Gray 0.46 0.00

1.3

0.14

0 -6.5

-7.0

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Macon Water Authority1 0.00 2.78

1.5

Crystalline-rock aquifer

4.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.67 2.78 4.45 –

0.25

Public supply

Domestic 1.06 0.00 1.06 2.35 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.94 0.01 0.95 0.95 1.26

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

1

About 23.5 Mgal/d ofwater is withdrawn from the Ocmulgee River in Bibb County, Georgia

and delivered to Javors Lucas (Town Creek) Reservoir in Jones County. About 26.2 Mgal/d 

was withdrawn from the reservoir and delivered to Bibb County. Net withdrawal from Jones 

County was 2.78 Mgal/d in 2010.

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.78 Mgal/d was delivered from Jones County to

Bibb County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.26 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

3.7 3.2

TWIGGS WILKINSON

BALDWIN

PUTNAM

JASPER

MONROE

JONES

BIBB

129

129

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

18

18

22

11

11

Gray

Haddock

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

475

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
132 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

LAMAR COUNTY

2.0

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

18,317

120

8,210

670

1.98 1.85 3.83 3.83 2.33

City of Barnesville 0.00 1.53

2.0 1.9

1.1

0.18

0.01 -0.23

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.01 1.53 1.54 –

2.33

Public supply

Domestic 0.75 0.00 0.75 1.87 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.22 0.00 1.22 1.22 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.23 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

MONROE

LAMAR

UPSON

PIKE

SPALDING

41

41

341

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

36

36

18

Barnesville

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 133

0

4.0

LANIER COUNTY

1.9

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

10,078

4,360

0

5,600

1.85 0.10 1.95 1.95 0.09

City of Lakeland 0.47 0.00

1.9

0.1 0.33

0.12

0 -0.07

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.52 0.00 0.52 –

0.09

Public supply

Domestic 0.43 0.00 0.43 0.76 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.79 0.08 0.87 0.87 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.07 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

84

221

221

129

129

CLINCH

LANIER

LOWNDES

BERRIEN

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Lakeland

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
134 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

LAURENS COUNTY

3.3

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

48,434

13,300

8,690

7,455

9.85 17.35 27.20 27.20 18.08

322—Paper, pulp 1.60 14.11

City of East Dublin 0.42 0.00

City of Dublin 1.30 1.78

9.9

17

2.2

0.51 0.39

-0.85

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

2

4

6

8

10

12

5

10

15

20

25

30

6.6

Cretaceous aquifer system

314—Textiles 0.39 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.14 1.78 3.92 –

2.17

Public supply

Domestic 1.98 0.00 1.98 4.15 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 0.00

Industrial 1.99 14.11 16.10 16.49 15.91

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 3.55 1.28 4.83 4.83 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.16 0.08 0.24 0.24 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.10 0.13 0.13 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Laurens Co. Water System 0.11 0.00

City of Dudley 0.09 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.85 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-1.0

16

80

80

319

319 441

441

WHEELER

MONTGOMERY

DODGE

BLECKLEY

LAURENS

TREUTLEN

JOHNSON

WILKINSON

TWIGGS

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

117

257

Dublin

East

Dublin

Dexter

Rentz

Cadwell 

Dudley

Montrose

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 135

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

LEE COUNTY

0.4

9.0

33

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

28,298

17,920

0

45,170

33.34 8.96 42.30 42.30 0.54

Lee County Utilities Auth. 1.40 0.00

City of Leesburg 0.37 0.00

1.4

0.20 0.02 -0.30

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

11.1

10.7 11.1

Claiborne aquifer

Clayton aquifer

Cretaceous aquifer system

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

8

9

10

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.97 0.00 1.97 –

0.54

Public supply

Domestic 0.78 0.00 0.78 2.23 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.28 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00

Mining 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 30.44 8.83 39.27 39.27 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.30 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

19

19 82

WORTH

CRISP

LEE

DOUGHERTY

TERRELL

SUMTER

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

195

32

32

Leesburg

Smithville

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
136 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

LIBERTY COUNTY

16

0.12

16 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

63,453

54,200

0

30

16.45 0.12 16.57 16.57 11.81

322—Paper, pulp 8.96 0.00

U.S. Army–Fort Stewart 1.90 0.00

City of Riceboro 0.82 0.00

City of Hinesville 2.97 0.00

City of Walthourville 0.38 0.00

3.3

0.68

1.8

-0.94 -2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

5

10

15

20

25

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

6.75 0.00 6.75 –

4.87

Public supply

Domestic 0.69 0.00 0.69 4.03 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.73 0.00

Industrial 8.96 0.00 8.96 10.75 6.94

Mining 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL Water Utility Management 0.23 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.94 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

84

17

17

MCINTOSH

BRYAN CHATHAM

LONG

LIBERTY

WAYNE

EVANS

TATTNALL

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Walthourville

Hinesville

Midway

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

95

16

95

Atlantic Ocean

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 137

0

LINCOLN COUNTY

1.3

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

311—Food products 1.01 0.00

7,996

660

4,620

0

1.26 0.57 1.83 1.83 0.25

City of Lincolnton 0.00 0.46

1.3

0.6

0.38

0.06 0.01

-0.06

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.05 0.46 0.51 –

0.25

Public supply

Domestic 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.58 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00

Industrial 1.01 0.00 1.01 1.02 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Lincoln Co. Water System 0.04 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

378

378

COLUMBIA

LINCOLN

WILKES

MCDUFFIE

ELBERT

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

79

47

Lincolnton

SOUTH CAROLINA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
138 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

LONG COUNTY

1.7

0.47

1.6 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

14,464

4,560

0

960

1.64 0.47 2.11 2.11 0.02

City of Ludowici 0.39 0.00

0.32

0.14

0

-0.08

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

0.34

1.3

Brunswick aquifer system

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.54 0.00 0.54 –

0.02

Public supply

Domestic 0.74 0.00 0.74 1.06 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.15 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.30 0.01 0.31 0.31 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.05 0.41 0.46 0.46 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.08 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

MCINTOSH

LIBERTY

LONG

TATTNALL

BRYAN

WAYNE

84

84

84

25

301

301

25

25

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

57

Ludowici

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

95

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 139

0

LOWNDES COUNTY

26

0.2

26 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

109,233

92,400

0

6,900

25.59 0.20 25.79 25.79 9.70

322—Paper, pulp 8.28 0.00

USAF Moody Airbase 0.36 0.00

Lowndes County 

 Water System 1.58 0.00

City of Hahira 0.14 0.00

7.7

3.1

1.1 -2.1

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

City of Lake Park 0.10 0.00

City of Valdosta 10.79 0.00

City of Remerton 0.08 0.00

325—Chemical products 0.66 0.00

335—Misc. manufacturing 0.05 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

14.01 0.00 14.01 –

9.70

Public supply

Domestic 1.26 0.00 1.26 8.92 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.08 0.00

Industrial 8.99 0.00 8.99 10.13 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.04 0.14 1.18 1.18 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.26 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.13 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

ECHOLS

LANIER

CLINCH

BERRIEN

COOK

BROOKS

LOWNDES

84

41

41

84

221

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

94

125

94

Hahira

Valdosta

Remerton

Lake Park Clyattville

FLORIDA

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
140 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

LUMPKIN COUNTY

2.1

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

29,966

4,320

6,000

230

2.07 1.19 3.26 3.26 0.62

City of Dahlonega 0.10 0.98

2.1

1.2 0.28

0.14

-0.18

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

0.72

Lumpkin County

Water and Sewer 

Authority

0.14 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.34 0.98 1.32 –

0.62

Public supply

Domestic 1.47 0.00 1.47 2.19 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.10 0.02 0.12 0.12 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.16 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.18 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Dahlonega

HALL

LUMPKIN WHITE

UNION FANNIN

 DAWSON 

19

19

19

129

129

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

9

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 141

0

MACON COUNTY

13

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

311—Food products 0.19 0.00

14,740

6,570

0

22,990

12.98 13.97 26.95 26.95 1.33

City of Oglethorpe 0.44 0.00

City of Marshallville 0.14 0.00

212—Kaolin and ball clay 0.05 0.00

13 14

0.48

0.08 0.15

-0.17

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

City of Montezuma 0.30 0.00

325—Paper, pulp 0.57 9.24

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.88 0.00 0.88 –

1.31

Public supply

Domestic 0.61 0.00 0.61 1.09 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.00

Industrial 0.81 9.24 10.05 10.20 0.02

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 10.54 4.20 14.74 14.74 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.13 0.53 0.66 0.66 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.17 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Marshallville

Ideal

Oglethorpe Montezuma

DOOLY 

PEACH

HOUSTON

MACON

TAYLOR

SCHLEY

SUMTER

26

26

49

49

90

90

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

128

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
142 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

MADISON COUNTY

2.0

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

28,120

7,840

0

140

2.04 1.20 3.24 3.37 0.05

327—Stone, clay 0.00 0.10

City of Danielsville 0.12 0.00

City of Comer 0.12 0.00

2.0

1.2

0.42

0.05 0.01 -0.01

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Piedmont Water Co. 0.08 0.00

City of Colbert 0.05 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.50 0.00 0.50 –

0.05

Public supply

Domestic 1.52 0.00 1.52 1.94 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.00

Mining 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.13 Mgal/d was delivered from Franklin County, 

Georgia to Madison County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 0.15 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

72

72

98

29

29

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

85

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

ELBERT

Danielsville

Ila

Comer

Carlton Colbert

FRANKLIN HART

BANKS

JACKSON

CLARKE

OGLETHORPE

MADISON

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 143

0

MARION COUNTY

1.2

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

212—Kaolin and ball clay

8,742

6,290

0

5,770

1.24 1.62 2.86 2.86 0.48

Buena Vista–Marion 

County Water System 0.72 0.00

1.2 1.6

0.47

0.06 0.05 -0.14

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.72 0.00 0.72 –

0.20

Public supply

Domestic 0.18 0.00 0.18 0.65 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00

0.00

0.00

Industrial 0.27 0.32 0.28

0.24

0.27

Mining 0.24 0.24 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.08 1.23 1.31 1.31 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.14 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

– 0.00 0.27

SCHLEY

MARION

TAYLOR

TALBOT

MUSCOGEE

CHATTAHOOCHEE

STEWART

WEBSTER SUMTER

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

137

137

355

355

Buena

Vista

41

26

30

26

41

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
144 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

MCDUFFIE COUNTY

0.67

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.5

2.5

4.5

3.5

None

21,875

0

14,780

900

0.67 2.78 3.45 3.45 1.21

Thomson–McDuffie 

County Water and 

Sewer Commission 

0.00 2.20

0.67

2.8

0.97

0.52

0.35

-0.36

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 2.20 2.20 –

1.21

Public supply

Domestic 0.53 0.00 0.53 1.50 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.14 0.05 0.19 0.19 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.36 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

78

78

221

278

17

RICHMOND

WARREN

WILKES

COLUMBIA

LINCOLN

MCDUFFIE

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Thomson

Dearing

CAROLINA

SOUTH

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 145

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data 0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

17

Darien

LIBERTY

LONG

WAYNE

GLYNN

MCINTOSH

N

Atlantic Ocean

95

57

99

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

MCINTOSH COUNTY

1.6 1.6

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

14,333

10,870

0

0

1.56 0.00 1.56 1.56 0.26

City of Darien 0.40 0.00

0.95

0.04 <0.01 -0.06

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

McIntosh County Water 

System 0.17 0.00

Water Utility Management 0.11 0.00

W and D Utilities 0.20 0.00

Zero withdrawals from surface water

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.05 0.00 1.05 –

0.26

Public supply

Domestic 0.26 0.00 0.26 1.21 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 <0.01 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

– – –
146 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

MERIWETHER COUNTY

1.3

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

321—Wood 0.11 0.00

21,992

640

8,440

320

1.35 0.64 1.99 2.97 0.35

City of Woodbury 0.00 0.12

City of Warm Springs 0.05 0.00

City of Luthersville 0.04 0.00

1.3

0.6

0.72

0.24

0.01 0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.11 0.12 0.23 –

0.35

Public supply

Domestic 0.97 0.00 0.97 1.69 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.07 0.14 0.21 0.45 0.00

Industrial 0.11 0.00 0.11 0.12 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.09 0.05 0.14 0.14 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.69 Mgal/d was delivered from Talbot County, Georgia

and 0.24 Mgal/d from Troup County, Georgia to Meriwether County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.24 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.69

UPSON

MERIWETHER

PIKE

COWETA

TROUP

HARRIS TALBOT

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

85W 85E

109

109

SPUR

Greenville

Warm Springs Manchester

Woodbury

Luthersville

Gay

27A

27A

18

85

18

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 147

0

MILLER COUNTY

46

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

6,125

1,970

0

59,290

45.71 0.37 46.08 46.08 0.27

City of Colquitt 0.27 0.00

46

0.4 0.15

0.07

0

-0.05

0

0.10

0.20

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

0.05

0.15

-0.05

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.27 0.00 0.27 –

0.27

Public supply

Domestic 0.31 0.00 0.31 0.46 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 45.13 0.15 45.28 45.28 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

27

27

91

91

DECATUR

BAKER

MILLER 

EARLY

SEMINOLE N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Colquitt

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
148 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

MITCHELL COUNTY

64

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

23,498

11,790

0

81,325

63.70 1.86 65.56 65.56 0.08

325—Chemical products 0.84 0.00

City of Pelham 0.68 0.00

City of Camilla 3.06 0.00

64

1.9 1.0

0.44

1.8

-0.63

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.86 0.00 3.86 –

0.08

Public supply

Domestic 0.88 0.00 0.88 1.89 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.24 0.00 0.24 0.92 0.00

Industrial 0.84 0.00 0.84 2.61 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 57.67 1.18 58.85 58.85 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.68 0.69 0.69 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.14 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.40 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

BAKER Baconton

Camilla

Sale City

Pelham

MITCHELL

DECATUR

MILLER

GRADY THOMAS COLQUITT

WORTH

CALHOUN DOUGHERTY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

311 65

97

93

93

37

37

19

19

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 149

0

4.0

MONROE COUNTY

2.1

2.1

57 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

26,424

210

10,370

420

2.09 57.12 59.21 59.55 0.92

City of Forsyth 0.00 1.50

1.3

0.22

0.02 0.06

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.01 1.50 1.51 –

0.70

Public supply

Domestic 1.19 0.00 1.19 2.52 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.23 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00

Mining 0.45 0.01 0.46 0.46 0.22

Irrigation—Crop 0.12 0.01 0.13 0.13 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.25 0.26 0.51 0.51 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.06 55.17 55.23 55.23 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.23 Mgal/d was delivered from Bibb County, Georgia

and 0.13 Mgal/d from Butts County, Georgia to Monroe County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.28 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

UPSON

CRAWFORD

BIBB

MONROE

BUTTS

LAMAR

SPALDING

JONES

JASPER

41

41 23

341

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Culloden

Forsyth

18

42

42

74

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

475

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
150 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

1.5

1.1 1.5

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

9,123

3,730

0

2,033

1.45 1.06 2.51 2.51 0.31

City of Mount Vernon 0.33 0.00

0.37

0.07

0 -0.01

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.40

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

Town of Uvalda 0.04 0.00

Town of Ailey 0.03 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.45 0.00 0.45 –

0.31

Public supply

Domestic 0.40 0.00 0.40 0.77 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.47 0.09 0.56 0.56 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.07 0.72 0.79 0.79 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.01 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

WHEELER

TREUTLEN

MONTGOMERY

TOOMBS

EMANUEL

221

280

280

135

15

19

Mount Vernon

Ailey

Uvalda

Alston

Tarrytown

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 151

0

MORGAN COUNTY

0.86

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

17,868

1,570

9,370

1,400

0.86 4.49 5.35 5.35 0.71

322—Paper, pulp 0.05 0.00

City of Madison 0.00 1.31

0.63 0.46

0.23

-0.18

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.86

4.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

City of Rutledge 0.07 0.00

City of Bostwick 0.06 0.00

Piedmont Water Company 0.05 0.00

4.0

4.5

5.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.19 1.31 1.50 –

0.66

Public supply

Domestic 0.52 0.00 0.52 1.34 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.47 0.00

Industrial 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.28 0.05

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.03 1.30 1.33 1.33 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.66 0.66 0.66 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 1.22 1.28 1.28 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.18 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-0.2

PUTNAM

GREENE

OCONEE

MORGAN

WALTON

JASPER

NEWTON

278 278

129

441

441

129

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Buckhead

Rutledge

Madison

83

83

Bostwick

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
152 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

MURRAY COUNTY

1.2

1.2

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

39,628

12,740

22,180

260

1.19 2.67 3.86 4.84 1.27

Chatsworth Water Works

Commission 0.75 1.89

2.7

2.4

0.35 0.48 0.57

0

0.6

1.8

2.4

3.0

1.2

-0.6

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5 4.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.76 1.89 2.65 –

1.27

Public supply

Domestic 0.35 0.00 0.35 2.74 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.48 0.00

Mining 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.55 0.61 0.61 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.34 Mgal/d was delivered from Gordon County, Georgia

to Murray County, 0.14 Mgal/d from Polk County, Tennessee, and 0.5 Mgal/d from Whitfield County, Georgia to Murray County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.41 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

76

76

76

411

411

GILMER

FANNIN

WHITFIELD MURRAY

GORDON

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

225

Chatsworth

TENNESSEE

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 153

0

MUSCOGEE COUNTY

0.77

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

189,890

0

189,880

420

0.77 42.56 43.33 36.81 32.97

325—Chemical products 0.01 0.00

0.77

43

6.5

1.8 -12

-15

0

5

10

15

20

25

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

City of Columbus 0.00 34.94

Smith Water Authority1 0.00 2.36

17

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 37.30 37.30 –

30.39

Public supply

Domestic 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.33 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.46 0.00

Industrial 0.01 0.00 0.01 1.76 0.00

Mining 0.55 0.01 0.56 0.56 2.58

Irrigation—Crop 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.16 0.66 0.82 0.82 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 4.59 4.59 4.59 0.00

TOTAL 1

Water withdrawn is used in Lee County, Alabama.

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.36 Mgal/d was withdrawn in Muscogee County 

and delivered to Lee County, Alabama in 2010. An average of 3.27 Mgal/d was delivered to Chattahoochee County, Georgia, 0.82 Mgal/d 

to Harris County, Georgia and 0.07 to Talbot County, Georgia from Muscogee County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 5.24 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

27

280

80

27

27A

CHATTAHOOCHEE

MUSCOGEE

HARRIS

TALBOT

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

ALABAMA

219

Columbus

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

185

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
154 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

NEWTON COUNTY

0.80

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

99,958

1,360

95,790

500

0.80 13.30 14.10 9.72 0.03

Newton County Water–

Sewerage Authority 0.00 12.84

0.80

13

5.7

1.0 0.43 -5.80

-6

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

4.0

4.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY (Mgal/d)

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.13 12.70 12.83 –

0.03

Public supply

Domestic 0.21 0.00 0.21 5.95 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.00

Mining 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.33 0.46 0.79 0.79 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 4.33 Mgal/d was delivered to Walton County, Georgia

and 0.05 Mgal/d to Jasper County, Georgia from Newton County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.28 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

278

36

81

81

11

JASPER

BUTTS

NEWTON

WALTON

MORGAN

ROCKDALE

HENRY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Covington

Mansfield

Newborn

Oxford

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 155

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

OCONEE COUNTY

4.9

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

32,808

4,720

19,200

1,505

4.93 2.36 7.29 9.75 0.36

Piedmont Water Company 0.13 0.00

4.9

2.4

1.6

0.86

0.04

2.5

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

Oconee County 0.18 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.37 0.00 0.37 –

0.36

Public supply

Domestic 0.67 0.00 0.67 2.30 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.86 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 3.73 0.00 3.73 3.73 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.16 2.07 2.23 2.23 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.5 Mgal/d was delivered from Jackson County, Georgia 

and 0.10 Mgal/d from Barrow County, Georgia to Oconee County; whereas, 0.13 Mgal/d was delivered from Oconee County to Walton County, 

Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.30 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

2.5

WALTON

CLARKE

BARROW JACKSON

MORGAN

GREENE

OCONEE

29

29

78

78

129

441

441 129 29

15

53

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

15A

316

186

Watkinsville

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
156 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

OGLETHORPE COUNTY

1.3

1.3

0.92

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

14,899

2,910

980

390

1.28 0.92 2.20 2.20 0.05

City of Crawford 0.00 0.10

0.28

0 0 -0.02

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

1.4

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

City of Lexington 0.06 0.00

City of Arnoldsville 0.03 0.00

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.20 0.10 0.30 –

0.05

Public supply

Domestic 0.83 0.00 0.83 1.11 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.25 0.06 0.31 0.31 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.02 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.30

0.35

78

78

77

22

22

77

GREENE TALIAFERRO

WILKES

ELBERT

MADISON

OGLETHORPE

CLARKE

OCONEE N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Crawford Lexington

Maxeys

Arnoldsville

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 157

0

PAULDING COUNTY

1.2

1.2

0.83

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

142,324

1,670

130,110

447

1.25 0.83 2.08 12.61 0.71

8.1

0.67 0.16

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

City of Hiram 0.07 0.00

City of Dallas 0.06 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.13 0.00 0.13 –

0.71

Public supply

Domestic 0.79 0.00 0.79 8.88 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00

Mining 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.13 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.72 0.72 0.72 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 10.53 Mgal/d was delivered from Cobb County, Georgia

to Paulding County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 1.74 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

8.8

DOUGLAS

CARROLL

PAULDING

BARTOW

COBB

POLK

HARALSON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

278

278

61

120 61

120

381

92

Dallas

Hiram

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
158 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

PEACH COUNTY

8.5

0.11

8.5 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

None

27,695

17,420

0

9,430

8.55 0.11 8.66 8.66 1.67

Fort Valley Utility

Commission 2.15 0.00

1.5

0.52

0.09

-0.49

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

City of Byron 0.46 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.63 0.00 2.63 –

1.67

Public supply

Domestic 0.77 0.00 0.77 2.30 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 5.14 0.08 5.22 5.22 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.49 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

41

341

MACON

PEACH

BIBB

CRAWFORD

HOUSTON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Byron

Fort Valley 96

49

127

127

49

96

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 159

0

PICKENS COUNTY

1.5

1.5

2.6

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

29,431

9,090

13,170

60

1.50 2.57 4.07 4.67 0.83

City of Jasper 0.73 1.00

Big Canoe Utilities 0.00 0.98

Bent Tree Community 0.00 0.23

2.5

0.36 0.10 0.07

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.73 2.21 2.94 –

0.56

Public supply

Domestic 0.54 0.00 0.54 3.07 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.24

Mining 0.22 0.00 0.22 0.22 0.03

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.37 Mgal/d was delivered from Gordon County, 

Georgia, 0.18 Mgal/d from Cherokee County, Georgia, and 0.05 from Newton County, Georgia to Pickens County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 0.55 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

5

5

53

53

108

108

CHEROKEE

PICKENS

DAWSON

GORDON MURRAY BARTOW

GILMER

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Jasper

Nelson

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

575

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
160 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

PIERCE COUNTY

3.7

0.41

3.7 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

322—Paper, pulp 0.08 0.00

8

3.72 0.41 4.13 4.13 0.00

18,758

6,760

0

10,630

W and D Utilities 0.12 0.00

City of Blackshear 0.48 0.00

0.54

0.07 0.05 -0.08

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

City of Patterson 0.06 0.00

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.74 0.00 0.74 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.90 0.00 0.90 1.44 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.13 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.87 0.33 2.20 2.20 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.11 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.08 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

84

84

32

32

15

15 BRANTLEY

WARE

PIERCE

BACON

WAYNE

APPLING

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Blackshear

Patterson

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 161

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

PIKE COUNTY

1.2

1.2

5.7 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

17,869

1,290

4,200

1,250

1.24 5.68 6.92 3.07 0.15

City of Concord 0.03 0.00

City of Griffin 0.00 1

4.15

0.44 0.09 0 -3.91

-4.0

0

2.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

City of Molena 0.03 0.00

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.29 4.15 4.44 –

0.14

Public supply

Domestic 0.93 0.00 0.93 1.37 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.01

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.14 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 3.88 Mgal/d was delivered to Spalding County, Georgia

from Pike County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

1

This water was delivered to Spalding County, Georgia. 

-2.0

Pike County Rural 

Development 0.21 0.00

UPSON

PIKE

LAMAR

MERIWETHER

SPALDING

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Concord

Zebulon

Molena

Meansville

Williamson

19

19

41 362

109

109

18

18

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
162 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

POLK COUNTY

3.1

3.1

4.7

Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

325—Chemical products 1.29 0.00

41,475

6,680

33,840

150

3.09 4.67 7.76 7.29 3.70

Polk County Water

Authority 0.00 2.37

City of Rockmart 0.00

City of Cedartown 0.00 1.78

1.35

3.2

0.51 0.45

-1.34

-1.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

5.0

4.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.35 4.15 5.50 –

3.46

Public supply

Domestic 0.07 0.00 0.07 3.27 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 0.00

Industrial 1.29 0.00 1.29 1.74 0.24

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.04 0.52 0.56 0.56 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.47 Mgal/d was delivered to Bartow County, Georgia

from Polk County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.87 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-0.5

-1.0

HARALSON

FLOYD

POLK

PAULDING

BARTOW

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Cedartown Rockmart

278

278

278

101

101

27

ALABAMA

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 163

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

PULASKI COUNTY

3.2

12 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

322—Paper, pulp 0.54 0.00

8

12,010

5,080

0

17,310

12.19 3.20 15.39 15.39 1.28

City of Hawkinsville 0.88 0.00

0.59

0.17

0.01 -0.23

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Hartford Water Authority 0.12 0.00

8.2

3.9

Cretaceous aquifer system

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.00 0.00 1.00 –

0.83

Public supply

Domestic 0.52 0.00 0.52 1.11 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.00

Industrial 0.54 0.00 0.54 0.55 0.45

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 10.13 3.18 13.31 13.31 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.23 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

WILCOX

DOOLY

HOUSTON

BLECKLEY

DODGE

PULASKI

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

129

129

341

341

257

257

Hawkinsville

129A

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
164 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

PUTNAM COUNTY

1.0

1.0

957 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

322—Paper, pulp 0.04 0.00

21,218

6,390

12,270

540

1.01 956.54 957.55 955.45 369.24

Sinclair Water Authority 0.00 3.66

Piedmont Water Company 0.35 0.00

0.93 0.33 0.05 -2.9

-3.0

-2.5

-2.0

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.53 4.19 –

0.51

Public supply 3.66

Domestic 0.19 0.00 0.19 1.12 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.00

Industrial 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.09 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.25 0.06 0.31 0.31 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 952.42 952.42 952.42 368.73

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 2.1 Mgal/d was delivered to Baldwin County, Georgia

from Putnam County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.78 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Eatonton

129

129

441

441

HANCOCK

GREENE

MORGAN

JASPER PUTNAM

JONES BALDWIN

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

16

16

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 165

0

QUITMAN COUNTY

0.19

0.19

0.27

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

None

2,513

1,860

0

500

0.19 0.27 0.46 0.46 0.00

0.14

0 0 < -0.01

-0.04

0

0.04

0.08

0.12

0.16

0.14 0.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.14 0.00 –

0.00

Public supply 0.14

Domestic 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.19 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Georgetown–Quitman

County Commission

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – <0.01 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.20

STEWART

QUITMAN

CLAY

RANDOLPH

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Georgetown

82

39

27

ALABAMA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

– –
166 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

RABUN COUNTY

0.68

0.68

2.5

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

313—Textiles 0.10 0.00

16,276

920

10,760

280

0.68 2.45 3.13 3.13 1.40

Clayton–Rabun County 

Water and Sewerage

Authority

0.00 1.37

City of Sky Valley 0.08 0.00

0.90

0.04 0 -0.56

-0.6

-0.3

0

0.3

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.13 1.37 1.50 –

0.50

Public supply

Domestic 0.34 0.00 0.34 1.24 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Industrial 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.90

Mining 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.39 0.42 0.42 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.56 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

RABUN

TOWNS WHITE

HABERSHAM

STEPHENS

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Sky Valley

Clayton

Tallulah

Falls

23

441

76

NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH CAROLINA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 167

0

RANDOLPH COUNTY

3.3

11 12

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

311—Food 0.18 0.00

7,719

5,090

0

26,004

10.65 11.70 22.35 22.35 0.39

City of Cuthbert 0.33 0.00

0.39

0.08

0

-0.09 -0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2

4

6

8

10

12

City of Shellman 0.21 0.00

3.6

3.7

Claiborne aquifer

Clayton aquifer

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.57 0.00 0.57 –

0.39

Public supply

Domestic 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.59 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.00

Industrial 0.18 0.00 0.18 0.18 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 9.69 11.59 21.28 21.28 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.09 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

CALHOUN

TERRELL

WEBSTER

RANDOLPH

STEWART

QUITMAN

CLAY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Shellman

Cuthbert

Coleman

82

82

27

27

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
168 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

RICHMOND COUNTY

12

12

103 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

200,549

35,960

159,920

500

11.93 102.84 114.77 114.77 83.17

321—Wood 0.26 0.00

City of Hephzibah 0.37 0.00

City of Blythe 0.08 0.00

Augusta–Richmond 

County Utilities 6.77 36.63

15

15

5.6

-8.7

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

5

10

15

20

25

20

40

60

80

100

120

325—Chemical products 1.39 10.18

327—Stone, clay 0.48 0.00

322—Paper, pulp 0.00 55.46

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

7.33 36.66 43.99 –

35.32

Public supply

Domestic 0.35 0.00 0.35 15.20 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.19 0.00 0.19 14.92 0.00

Industrial 2.13 65.64 67.77 73.41 47.85

Mining 1.53 0.00 1.53 1.53 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.14 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.24 0.52 0.76 0.76 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 8.77 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Hephzibah

Blythe

Augusta

BURKE

JEFFERSON

RICHMOND

COLUMBIA

88

88

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

25

25

278

1

78

SOUTH

CAROLINA

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

20

520

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 169

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

ROCKDALE COUNTY

1.4

1.4

12 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

85,215

2,510

68,410

434

1.42 12.21 13.63 13.63 5.12

Rockdale County Water

Resources 0.00 11.57

Poyntsource Solutions, Inc. 0.10 0.00

5.4

3.0

1.3

-2.1

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Lakeview Utilities 0.14 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.24 11.57 11.81 –

5.12

Public supply

Domestic 1.07 0.00 1.07 6.52 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 3.02 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.27 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.10 0.61 0.71 0.71 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.08 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

20

20

138

138

NEWTON

ROCKDALE

GWINNETT WALTON

DEKALB

HENRY N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Conyers

Milstead

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
170 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

SCHLEY COUNTY

0.57 0.51

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

None

5,010

4,530

0

1,790

0.57 0.51 1.08 1.08 0.13

Schley County 

Water System 0.20 0.00

City of Ellaville 0.23 0.00

0.32

0.03 0.01

0

-0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

0.10

-0.07

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.43 0.00 0.43 –

0.13

Public supply

Domestic 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.36 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.08 0.32 0.40 0.40 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.07 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.57

SUMTER

SCHLEY

MACON

TAYLOR

MARION

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Ellaville

19

19

26

26

153

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 171

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

SCREVEN COUNTY

2.9

1.5

5.7

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

314—Textiles

14,593

4,870

0

21,540

5.71 1.48 7.19 7.19 2.95

City of Sylvania 0.77 0.00

0.39 0.25

0.05

-0.22

-0.30

0

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

5

10

15

20

25

1.82 0.00

City of Hiltonia 0.03 0.00

2.8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.89 0.00 0.89 –

0.77

Public supply

Domestic 0.73 0.00 0.73 1.12 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.26 0.00

Industrial 1.82 0.00 1.82 1.87 2.18

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 2.14 1.33 3.47 3.46 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.07 0.07 0.14 0.14 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.05 0.08 0.13 0.12 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.22 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

N

Sylvania

Newington

Oliver

Hilltonia

SCREVEN

BURKE

JENKINS

BULLOCH

EFFINGHAM

301

301

24

24 21

21

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

SOUTH

CAROLINA

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

Cretaceous aquifer system
172 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

SEMINOLE COUNTY

45

0.51

45

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

8,729

3,800

0

51,491

44.73 0.51 45.24 45.24 0.43

City of Donalsonville 0.52 0.00

0.41

0.08

0.01

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

-0.1

-0.08

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.58 0.00 0.58 –

0.43

Public supply

Domestic 0.37 0.00 0.37 0.78 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 43.46 0.50 43.96 43.96 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.26 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.01 0.07 0.07 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.08 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

SEMINOLE

DECATUR

EARLY MILLER

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Donalsonville

Iron City

27

84

91

91

39

39

FLORIDA

ALABAMA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 173

0

SPALDING COUNTY

1.0

1.0

5.3 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

64,073

1,110

55,760

250

1.00 5.28 6.28 7.55 0.86

3.1

0.73 0.22 -1.2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

City of Griffin 0.00 5.13

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2

4

6

8

10

12

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.09 5.13 5.22 –

0.73

Public supply

Domestic 0.54 0.00 0.54 3.63 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.73 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.08

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.05

Irrigation—Crop 0.03 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.26 0.12 0.38 0.38 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 3.7 Mgal/d was delivered from Pike County, Georgia

to Spalding County and 2.43 Mgal/d was delivered from Spalding County to Coweta County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.45 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

LAMAR

PIKE

MERIWETHER

CLAYTON

FAYETTE

COWETA

SPALDING

HENRY

BUTTS

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

41

16 Griffin

19

41

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

-2

– –
174 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

STEPHENS COUNTY

2.7

2.7

3.3

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

26,175

540

23,500

500

2.70 3.26 5.96 5.84 1.06

City of Toccoa 0.00 3.08

1.8

0.43 0.31

-0.55

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

0.5

1.5

3.5

4.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.05 3.08 3.13 –

1.03

Public supply

Domestic 0.16 0.00 0.16 2.00 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.51 0.03

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.00

Mining 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 2.29 0.00 2.29 2.29 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.12 Mgal/d was delivered to Habersham County, 

Georgia from Stephens County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.43 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

FRANKLIN

STEPHENS

HABERSHAM

BANKS

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Toccoa

Martin

123

123

17

17 106

SOUTH CAROLINA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 175

0

STEWART COUNTY

0.57

0.57

0.94

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

None

6,058

4,260

0

3,520

0.57 0.94 1.51 1.51 0.36

Stewart County

Water System 0.16 0.00

0.32

0.04

0 -0.04

-0.10

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.35

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

City of Lumpkin 0.13 0.00

City of Richland 0.10 0.00

0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.40 0.00 0.40 –

0.36

Public supply

Domestic 0.13 0.00 0.13 0.45 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.04 0.92 0.96 0.96 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.04 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

RANDOLPH QUITMAN

STEWART

WEBSTER

CHATTAHOOCHEE MARION

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Lumpkin

Omaha

Richland

280

280 27

27

27

ALABAMA

Louvale

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
176 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

SUMTER COUNTY

8.5

13

29

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

212—Kaolin and ball clay 0.26 0.00

32,819

20,470

0

48,124

28.64 12.89 41.53 41.53 2.63

City of Americus 2.55 0.00

1.7

0.46

0.03 -0.61

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

5

10

15

20

25

30

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Town of Leslie 0.04 0.00

Town of Desoto 0.03 0.00

Town of Andersonville 0.03 0.00

Claiborne aquifer

Cretaceous aquifer system

8.5

11.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.78 0.00 2.78 –

2.63

Public supply

Domestic 0.93 0.00 0.93 2.61 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.48 0.00

Industrial 0.26 0.00 0.26 0.29 0.00

Mining 1.60 0.00 1.60 1.60 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 22.88 12.42 35.30 35.30 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.07 0.47 0.54 0.54 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.61 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

LEE

WORTH

CRISP

TERRELL

WEBSTER

MARION

SCHLEY

SUMTER

MACON

DOOLY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Plains

Americus

DeSoto

Leslie

Andersonville

19

280

19

280

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 177

0

TALBOT COUNTY

0.52 1.2

1.3

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

None

6,865

1,570

2,940

20

1.17 1.35 2.52 1.86 0.15

City of Talbotton 0.12 0.00

0.38

0.09 0 -1.1

-1.2

0.6

0

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

City of Manchester1 0.00 1.04

City of Woodland 0.03 0.00

0.65

Crystalline-rock aquifer

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.18 1.04 1.22 –

0.05

Public supply

Domestic 0.18 0.00 0.18 0.56 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.80 0.01 0.81 0.81 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL 1

Water use is in Meriwether County, Georgia

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 1.04 Mgal/d was delivered to Meriwether County, 

Georgia and 0.07 Mgal/d was delivered from Muscogee County, Georgia to Talbot County in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.09 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

-0.6

Woodland

Geneva

Junction City

Talbotton

MARION CHATTAHOOCHEE

TAYLOR

UPSON

MERIWETHER

TALBOT

HARRIS

MUSCOGEE

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

80

80

80

27

96

41

208

208

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
178 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

TALIAFERRO COUNTY

0.13 0.13

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

1,717

670

0

0

0.13 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.05

0.05

0 0 < -0.01

-0.02

0

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

City of Crawfordville 0.05 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.05 0.00 0.05 –

0.05

Public supply

Domestic 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.13 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses.

Public-supply losses – – – <0.01 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Crawfordville

HANCOCK

WARREN

TALIAFERRO

WILKES

GREENE

OGLETHORPE

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

278

278

22

22

47

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; <, less than]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 179

0

TATTNALL COUNTY

4.9

4.9 4.5

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

25,520

7,900

0

16,540

4.85 4.53 9.38 9.38 1.88

322—Paper, pulp 0.03 0.00

City of Reidsville 0.28 0.00

City of Glennville 0.73 0.00

0.57

0.16 0.20

-0.18

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

12

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2

4

6

8

10

City of Collins 0.04 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.11 0.00 1.11 –

1.13

Public supply

Domestic 1.32 0.00 1.32 1.89 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.22 0.00 0.22 0.38 0.75

Industrial 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.23 0.00

Mining 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.85 3.02 4.87 4.87 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.16 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.15 1.51 1.66 1.66 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.18 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Reidsville

Glennville

Collins Manassas

Cobbtown

LONG

LIBERTY

APPLING

WAYNE

TOOMBS

CANDLER

BULLOCH

EVANS

TATTNALL

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

301

25

280

280

23

23

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

16

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
180 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

TAYLOR COUNTY

2.6

2.6

3.4

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

423—Stone, clay 0.00 1.72

8,906

3,760

0

3,890

2.57 3.42 5.99 5.99 0.07

City of Reynolds 0.16 0.00

City of Butler 0.59 0.00

0.56

0.08

0

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

4.0

-0.1

-0.2

-0.12

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.76 0.00 0.76 –

0.07

Public supply

Domestic 0.39 0.00 0.39 0.95 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.09 0.00

0.00

0.00

Industrial 1.72 1.72 0.00

0.09

1.72

Mining 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.25 0.95 2.20 2.20 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.07 0.75 0.82 0.82 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.12 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Butler Reynolds

MACON

MARION

SCHLEY

TALBOT CRAWFORD

TAYLOR

UPSON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

80

80

96

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 181

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

TELFAIR COUNTY

4.2

1.1

4.2

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

8

9

16,500

7,830

0

6,180

4.22 1.07 5.29 5.29 0.74

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

City of Lumber City 0.19 0.00

City of Milan 0.14 0.00

City of McRae 0.65 0.00

City of Helena 0.43 0.00

0.73

0.37

0.06 -0.27

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.43 0.00 1.43 –

0.74

Public supply

Domestic 0.65 0.00 0.65 1.38 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.37 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 2.13 1.02 3.15 3.15 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.27 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

JEFF DAVIS

COFFEE

BEN HILL

WILCOX

DODGE WHEELER

LAURENS

TELFAIR

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital files

Milan

Jacksonville

Lumber City

McRae Scotland

23

341 23

341

280

280

319

319

441

441

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
182 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

TERRELL COUNTY

4.2

14 11

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

9,315

6,700

0

27,270

13.79 10.99 24.78 24.78 1.53

City of Dawson 1.54 0.00

0.54

0.17 0.28

-0.6 -0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2

4

6

8

10

12

4.7

4.9

Claiborne aquifer

Clayton aquifer

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.59 0.00 1.59 –

1.53

Public supply

Domestic 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.74 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.18 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.28 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 11.88 10.90 22.78 22.78 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.11 0.05 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.60 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

CALHOUN DOUGHERTY

RANDOLPH

WEBSTER SUMTER

TERRELL

LEE

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Dawson

Bronwood

Sasser

Parrott

45

520

32

 118

82

82

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 183

0

THOMAS COUNTY

11

0.24

11 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

44,720

30,940

0

12,410

10.83 0.24 11.07 11.07 4.06

327—Stone, clay 0.14 0.00

City of Thomasville 4.75 0.00

City of Meigs 0.15 0.00

0.05 0.00

City of Boston 0.24 0.00

City of Coolidge

2.5 1.2

0.36 -1.5

-2.0

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

City of Ochlocknee 0.05 0.00

City of Pavo 0.05 0.00

4.0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

5.49 0.00 5.49 –

4.03

Public supply

Domestic 1.03 0.00 1.03 3.49 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.03 0.00 0.03 1.24 0.00

Industrial 0.19 0.00 0.19 0.55 0.00

Mining 1.02 0.01 1.03 1.03 0.03

Irrigation—Crop 2.66 0.10 2.76 2.76 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.16 0.13 0.29 0.29 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

311—Food 0.05 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.46 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Coolidge

Meigs

Ochlocknee

Thomasville

Boston

Barwick

Pavo

BROOKS

THOMAS

COLQUITT

MITCHELL

GRADY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

84

319

84

FLORIDA

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
184 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

TIFT COUNTY

12

3.6

12

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

40,118

28,610

0

20,950

12.23 3.58 15.81 15.81 4.80

Tifton-Tift County 

Water System 5.38 0.00

City of Omega 0.13 0.00

3.8

1.0

0.05 -0.79

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

5.62 0.00 5.62 –

4.80

Public supply

Domestic 0.86 0.00 0.86 4.63 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.17 0.00 0.17 1.18 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 5.03 3.49 8.52 8.52 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.52 0.00 0.52 0.52 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.09 0.12 0.12 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.79 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Tifton Ty Ty

Omega

IRWIN

TURNER

WORTH

COLQUITT COOK

TIFT

BERRIEN

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

82

82

319

319

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 185

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

TOOMBS COUNTY

4.0

6.7

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

27,223

18,720

0

11,440

6.73 3.97 10.70 10.70 1.40

City of Vidalia 1.75 0.00

City of Lyons 1.08 0.00

1.4

0.52 0.44

-0.52

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

6.5

Surficial aquifer system

0.22

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.92 0.00 2.92 –

1.40

Public supply

Domestic 0.64 0.00 0.64 2.09 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.44 0.00

Mining 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 3.04 3.76 6.80 6.80 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.14 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.51 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Santa

Claus

Lyons

Vidalia

APPLING JEFF DAVIS

MONTGOMERY

TREUTLEN

EMANUEL CANDLER

TATTNALL

TOOMBS

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

280

280

1

292

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

16

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
186 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

TOWNS COUNTY

0.26

0.26

4.2 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

10,471

2,310

7,440

100

0.26 4.22 4.48 4.48 0.29

City of Young Harris 0.16 0.00

City of Hiawassee 0.00 1.19

1.0

0.14

0.01 -0.22

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.18 1.19 1.37 –

0.29

Public supply

Domestic 0.05 0.00 0.05 1.05 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00

Mining 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 2.88 2.88 2.88 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.22 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

WHITE

HABERSHAM

UNION

TOWNS

RABUN

LUMPKIN

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Young Harris

Hiawassee

76

76

17

NORTH CAROLINA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 187

0

TREUTLEN COUNTY

1.5

0.54

1.5 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.19 0.00

6,885

2,480

0

1,140

1.48 0.54 2.02 1.98 0.43

City of Soperton 0.45 0.00

314—Textiles

0.26

0.07

0 -0.11

-0.10

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.45 0.00 0.45 –

0.43

Public supply

Domestic 0.33 0.00 0.33 0.59 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.00

Industrial 0.19 0.00 0.19 0.19 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.50 0.53 1.03 1.03 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.04 Mgal/d was delivered to Montgomery County, 

Georgia in 2010 .

Public-supply losses – – – 0.07 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

MONTGOMERY

WHEELER

EMANUEL

JOHNSON

TOOMBS

TREUTLEN

LAURENS

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Soperton

221

221

15

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

16

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
188 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

TROUP COUNTY

1.2

1.2

11 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

314—Textiles 0.02 0.00

67,044

60

52,560

85

1.23 10.74 11.97 11.97 5.87

City of West Point 0.00 0.94

City of Lagrange 0.00 9.58

4.2 2.5 2.1

-1.7

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

10

11

13

12

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 10.52 10.52 –

5.87

Public supply

Domestic 1.08 0.00 1.08 5.41 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.01 0.00 0.01 2.48 0.00

Industrial 0.02 0.00 0.02 2.17 0.00

Mining 0.11 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.25 Mgal/d was delivered from Coweta County, Georgia

to Troup County; 0.25 Mgal/d was delivered from Troup County to Meriwether County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.57 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

MERIWETHER HARRIS

HEARD

TROUP

COWETA

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

LaGrange

Hoganville

Mountville

West

Point

29

29 27

27

109

219

219

ALABAMA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

85

85

185

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
Appendix 2 189

0

TURNER COUNTY

5.7

3.9

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

0.14

8,930

5,670

0

31,770

5.74 3.87 9.61 9.61 1.03

City of Sycamore 0.12 0.00

0.44

0.12

0.02 -0.12

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

5.6

Claiborne aquifer

City of Ashburn 0.57 0.00

12 10

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2

4

6

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.70 0.00 0.70 –

1.03

Public supply

Domestic 0.24 0.00 0.24 0.68 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.14 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 4.72 3.38 8.10 8.10 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.44 0.50 0.50 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.12 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

TIFT

WORTH

TURNER

CRISP

WILCOX

IRWIN

BEN

HILL

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Ashburn

Sycamore

Rebecca

41

32

32

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
190 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

TWIGGS COUNTY

6.5

0.09

6.5 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

212—Kaolin and ball clay 5.16 0.00

9,023

2,500

70

1,470

6.48 0.09 6.57 6.57 1.93

Twiggs County 

 Water System 0.06 0.00

City of Jeffersonville 0.33 0.00

0.22 0.12

0 -0.09

-0.10

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

5

10

15

20

25

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.39 0.00 0.39 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.52 0.00 0.52 0.74 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00

Industrial 5.16 0.00 5.16 5.16 0.00

Mining 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.03 1.93

Irrigation—Crop 0.35 0.06 0.41 0.41 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

BLECKLEY

LAURENS

HOUSTON

WILKINSON

JONES

BIBB

TWIGGS

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

Jeffersonville

Danville

23

80

80

96

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

75

475

75

16

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 191

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

UNION COUNTY

1.4

1.4

6.6 Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

None

21,356

6,980

10,580

255

1.38 6.63 8.01 8.01 0.29

Notla Water Authority 0.36 0.65

City of Blairsville 0.21 0.25

1.1

0.23 0.19 -0.36

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

Coosa Water Authority 0.38 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.00 0.90 1.90 –

0.29

Public supply

Domestic 0.28 0.00 0.28 1.40 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.00

Mining 0.08 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.07 0.09 0.09 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 5.36 5.36 5.36 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.36 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Blairsville

LUMPKIN WHITE

FANNIN

TOWNS

UNION

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

19

129

129

76

76

19

NORTH CAROLINA

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
192 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

UPSON COUNTY

1.4

1.4

4.9

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

313—Textiles 0.00 0.26

27,153

3,050

11,540

940

1.44 4.89 6.33 6.33 2.71

Upson County 0.32 0.00

City of Thomaston 0.00 4.00

2.7

0.65

0.10 -1.1

-1.2

-0.6

0

0.4

0.8

1.2

1.6

2.0

2.4

2.8

8

9

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.48 4.00 4.48 –

2.71

Public supply

Domestic 0.94 0.00 0.94 3.61 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.65 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.26 0.26 0.36 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Thomaston

Yatesville

19

19

80

80

36

74

74

36

TAYLOR

TALBOT

MERIWETHER

PIKE LAMAR

UPSON

CRAWFORD

MONROE

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 193

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

WALKER COUNTY

5.7

3.0

5.7

Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

1

2

3

313—Textiles 0.01 0.57

68,756

41,850

22,130

10

5.72 2.89 8.61 10.93 3.13

Walker County Water

Authority 3.22 0.00

Walker County Rural 

Water Authority 0.20 0.00

City of Lafayette 0.85 1.10

City of Chickamauga 0.96 0.00

5.2

1.6

0.40 0.97

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

10

9

8

4

5

6

7

8

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

5.23 1.10 6.33 –

3.13

Public supply

Domestic 0.36 0.00 0.36 5.03 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.12 0.12 1.72 0.00

Industrial 0.02 0.57 0.59 0.99 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.09 1.10 1.19 1.19 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

325—Chemical products 0.01 0.00

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 0.10 Mgal/d was delivered from Walker County to 

Catoosa County, Georgia; about 2.42 Mgal/d was delivered from Hamilton County, Tennessee to Walker County in 2010.

Public-supply losses – – – 1.98 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Lafayette

Chickamauga

27

27

136

193

193

136

WALKER

WHITFIELD

CHATTOOGA

DADE

CATOOSA

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

TENNESSEE

ALABAMA

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

75 59

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year
194 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

WALTON COUNTY

2.9

2.9

3.9

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

83,768

640

72,300

1,190

2.86 3.95 6.81 10.49 2.87

City of Social Circle 0.00 0.48

City of Monroe 0.00 2.30

1.1

0.12

3.2

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

4.0

8 4.0

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.04 2.78 2.82 –

2.87

Public supply

Domestic 0.81 0.00 0.81 4.84 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.10 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00

Mining 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.98 0.54 2.52 2.52 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.47 0.47 0.47 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 4.32 Mgal/d was delivered from Newton County, Georgia

and 0.13 Mgal/d was delivered from Oconee County, Georgia to Walton County in 2010. About 2,400 residential customers of public suppliers 

in Walton County reside in Gwinnett County; therefore that use is not included for Walton County. 

Public-supply losses – – – 1.25 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Social Circle

Jersey

Loganville

Monroe

MORGAN

NEWTON

ROCKDALE

GWINNETT

WALTON

OCONEE

BARROW

78

278

78

11

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 195

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

WARE COUNTY

4.9

0.77

5.0

Surficial aquifer system

0

36,312

31,160

0

4,140

5.00 0.77 5.77 5.77 4.09

Satilla Regional Water 

and Sewer Authority 1.17 0.00

City of Waycross 2.09 0.00

339—Misc. manufacturing

2.0

0.51 0.46

-0.40

-1.0

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

8

9

10

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

Upper Floridan aquifer

0.1

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

3.37 0.00 3.37 –

4.02

Public supply

Domestic 0.39 0.00 0.39 2.39 0.00

0.64

0.00

0.64

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.51 0.07

0.00

0.00

Industrial 1.10 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.26 0.69 0.95 0.95 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.33 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.40 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

– 0.52 0.00

482—Railroad transport. 0.10 0.00

Waycross

CHARLTON

CAMDEN

WARE

CLINCH

ECHOLS

ATKINSON

COFFEE

BACON

PIERCE

WAYNE

BRANTLEY

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

82

82

84

84

1

1

FLORIDA

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
196 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

WARREN COUNTY

0.90

1.3 0.85

Cretaceous aquifer system

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

221—Kaolin and ball clay 0.64 0.40

5,834

350

2,260

0

1.29 0.85 2.14 2.14 2.36

City of Warrenton 0.00 0.32

City of Norwood 0.02 0.00

0.23

0.04 0.02 -0.05

-0.10

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0.39

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.02 0.32 0.34 –

0.17

Public supply

Domestic 0.24 0.00 0.24 0.47 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Industrial 0.64 0.40 1.04 1.06 0.00

Mining 0.39 0.00 0.39 0.39 2.19

Irrigation—Crop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.05 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Warrenton

Camak

Norwood

GLASCOCK

JEFFERSON

HANCOCK

WARREN

TALIAFERRO

WILKES

MCDUFFIE

278

278

278

16

17

80

80

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital files

78

78

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

20

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 197

0

WASHINGTON COUNTY

23

1.4

23 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

212—Kaolin and ball clay 12.02 0.00

21,187

9,830

0

7,430

22.97 1.42 24.39 24.39 4.49

City of Tennille 0.14 0.00

City of Sandersville 1.98 0.00

City of Davisboro 0.43 0.00

0.81

1.4

0.05 -0.39

-0.5

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

2.67 0.00 2.67 –

1.19

Public supply

Domestic 0.85 0.00 0.85 1.66 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.42 0.00

Industrial 12.02 0.00 12.02 12.07 1.37

Mining 1.11 0.00 1.11 1.11 1.93

Irrigation—Crop 6.30 1.27 7.57 7.57 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.02 0.08 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/ losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.39 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Davisboro

Riddleville

Oconee Harrison

Deepstep Sandersville

Tennille

JOHNSON

BALDWIN

WILKINSON

HANCOCK GLASCOCK

JEFFERSON

WASHINGTON

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

15

15

24

24

242

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
198 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

WAYNE COUNTY

0.09 9

62

Brunswick aquifer system

0

30,099

14,290

0

3,960

322—Paper, pulp 57.84 0.00

City of Jesup 1.44 0.00

City of Screven 0.07 0.00

1.0

0.49

0 -0.21

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

61.86 0.09 61.95 61.95 55.91

10

60

20

30

40

50

70

80

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

Water Utility Management 0.06 0.00

Upper Floridan aquifer

53

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.73 0.00 1.73 –

2.03

Public supply

Domestic 1.18 0.00 1.18 2.21 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.51 0.00

Industrial 57.84 0.00 57.84 57.84 53.88

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.01 0.01 1.02 1.02 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.21 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Screven

Odum

Jesup

GLYNN

BRANTLEY

WAYNE

LONG

MCINTOSH

TATTNALL

APPLING

PIERCE

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

25

25

84

84

301

301

341

341

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
Appendix 2 199

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

WEBSTER COUNTY

1.7

1.7

7.2 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

None

8

2,799

840

0

12,020

1.74 7.20 8.94 8.94 0.00

Unified Government 

of Webster County 0.13 0.00

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

0.11

0 0 -0.02

-0.06

0.04

0.02

0

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.12

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.13 0.00 0.13 –

0.00

Public supply

Domestic 0.15 0.00 0.15 0.26 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.37 6.18 7.55 7.55 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.09 1.02 1.11 1.11 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.02 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

SUMTER

RANDOLPH TERRELL

STEWART

WEBSTER

MARION SCHLEY

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

280

280

27

27

520

520

153

41

41

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
200 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

2.0

3.0

4.0

WHEELER COUNTY

0.50

2.2

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

None

7,421

1,770

0

4,250

2.22 0.50 2.72 2.72 0.37

City of Glenwood 0.09 0.00

City of Alamo 0.09 0.00

0.12

0.03

0 -0.03

0.04

0

0.04

0.08

0.12

0.16

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.5

3.5

2.2

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.18 0.00 0.18 –

0.37

Public supply

Domestic 0.42 0.00 0.42 0.54 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 1.28 0.45 1.73 1.73 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.29 0.00 0.29 0.29 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.10 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.03 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Alamo

Glenwood

TELFAIR

JEFF DAVIS

DODGE

LAURENS

MONTGOMERY

TREUTLEN

WHEELER

19

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

280

280

319

441

319

441

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 201

0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

WHITE COUNTY

1.9

1.9

0.95

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.5

None

27,144

8,240

5,760

40

1.94 0.95 2.89 2.89 0.32

White County Water and

Sewerage Authority 0.00 0.58

Cleveland Waterworks 0.46 0.00

City of Helen 0.31 0.00

0.83 0.48

0.03 -0.16

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

0.5

1.5

4.5

2.5

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.92 0.58 1.50 –

0.32

Public supply

Domestic 0.99 0.00 0.99 1.82 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.48 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.16 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Helen

Cleveland

HALL

TOWNS

LUMPKIN

UNION

WHITE HABERSHAM

129

129

115

115

75

17

17

75

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
202 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

WHITFIELD COUNTY

0.74

0.74

22 Paleozoic-rock aquifer

0

None

102,599

0

97,180

326

0.74 21.84 22.58 26.47 87.79

Dalton Utilities 0.00 20.68

7.4

6.2 8.1

1.1

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.00 20.68 20.68 –

0.15

Public supply

Domestic 0.41 0.00 0.41 7.81 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.17 0.05

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.14 87.59

Mining 0.21 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.05 0.64 0.69 0.69 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. An average of 4 Mgal/d was delivered from Hamilton County, 

Tennessee to Whitfield County, Georgia in 2010. 

Public-supply losses – – – 2.86 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

WALKER

MURRAY

CATOOSA

GORDON

WHITFIELD

Dalton

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

TENNESSEE

75

41

41

76

0 42 6 MILES

0 42 6 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable; Mgal/d, million gallons per day]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 203

0

WILCOX COUNTY

5.9

1.7

5.9

Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

City of Abbeville 0.09 0.00

City of Rochelle 0.10 0.00

Town of Pineview 0.04 0.00

9,255

3,190

0

14,290

5.88 1.75 7.63 7.63 1.99

0.22

0.03 0 -0.03

-0.05

0

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

2

4

6

8

10

12

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

1

Deliveries from public supply 

typically do not equal 

withdrawals because of intercounty deliveries and 

purchases, public use, and 

system losses.

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries1 by Use Category

Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.27 0.00 0.27 –

1.99

Public supply

Domestic 0.45 0.00 0.45 0.67 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.02 0.00 0.02 0.05 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 5.08 1.25 6.33 6.32 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.50 0.56 0.56 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.03 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

BEN HILL

TURNER

CRISP

DOOLY

WILCOX

PULASKI

DODGE

Rochelle

Abbeville

Pitts

Pineview

280

280

129

129

215

112

112

215

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

N

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
204 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

WILKES COUNTY

0.49

0.49

1.4

Crystalline-rock aquifer

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

None

10,593

750

4,860

30

0.49 1.41 1.90 1.90 0.62

City of Tignall 0.04 0.00

City of Washington 0.00 0.96

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.48

0.11

0.29

-0.14

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.06 0.96 1.02 –

0.62

Public supply

Domestic 0.37 0.00 0.37 0.85 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 0.06 0.02 0.08 0.08 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.00 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.14 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

TALIAFERRO MCDUFFIE WARREN

GREENE

LINCOLN

SOUTH

CAROLINA

WILKES

OGLETHORPE

ELBERT

Washington

Tignall

Rayle

78

78

378

17

47 17

47

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Appendix 2 205

0

WILKINSON COUNTY

14

1.2

14 Cretaceous aquifer system

0

9,563

5,470

100

80

212—Kaolin and ball clay 12.24 1.18

13.63 1.20 14.83 14.83 2.87

City of Irwinton 0.20 0.00

City of Gordon 0.25 0.00

0.46

0.09

0.06 -0.06

-0.2

-0.1

0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

5

10

15

20

25

30

327—Stone, clay 0.32 0.00

322—Paper, pulp 0.04 0.00

City of McIntyre 0.10 0.00

Town of Ivy 0.07 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

0.67 0.00 0.67 –

0.30

Public supply

Domestic 0.30 0.00 0.30 0.76 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00

Industrial 12.60 1.18 13.78 13.84 1.40

Mining 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 1.17

Irrigation—Crop 0.04 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.06 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

Toomsboro

Irwinton

Ivey

Allentown

Gordon

McIntyre

LAURENS

JOHNSON

WILKINSON

WASHINGTON

BALDWIN

JONES

TWIGGS

441

441

57

N

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

16

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year
206 Water Use in Georgia by County for 2010 and Water-Use Trends, 1985–2010

0

WORTH COUNTY

14

4.1

14 Upper Floridan aquifer

0

None

21,679

9,540

0

44,275

14.04 4.13 18.17 18.17 3.96

City of Sylvester 1.03 0.00

0.71

0.18

0.04 -0.28

-0.4

-0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

5

10

15

20

25

30

5

10

15

20

25

City of Poulan 0.06 0.00

Town of Sumner 0.03 0.00

City of Warwick 0.03 0.00

Category

Withdrawals

Total 

use1

GroundwaterSurface 

water 

2010 Withdrawals by Source

Surfacewater 

returns

2010 WATER WITHDRAWALS AND ESTIMATED USE, IN MILLION GALLONS PER DAY

Surface-Water Withdrawals by Year

Withdrawals, in million 

gallons per day

Surface water

Groundwater

Name Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Public Suppliers

NAICS Groundwater Surface water

Withdrawals by Major Industrial Groups

Surface water/

groundwater

Groundwater

Groundwater Withdrawals by Year

198519901995200020052010198519901995200020052010

Domestic

Industrial

Total withdrawal, in million gallons per day

Total

Public-Supply Deliveries by Use Category Million gallons per day

Population

Population served by public supply—Groundwater

Population served by public supply—Surface water

Acres irrigated

1.21 0.00 1.21 –

3.96

Public supply

Domestic 0.91 0.00 0.91 1.62 0.00

Commercial/public use 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.00

Industrial 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.00

Mining 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Irrigation—Crop 11.80 3.78 15.58 15.58 0.00

Irrigation—Golf course 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.00

Livestock/aquaculture 0.06 0.15 0.21 0.21 0.00

Thermoelectric power 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.00

TOTAL

Commercial/

public use

Net transfers/

losses

1

Total use is total withdrawal plus public supply deliveries and losses. 

Public-supply losses – – – 0.28 –

Public wastewater treatment – – – –

–

0.8

N

MITCHELL

DOUGHERTY

LEE

CRISP

TURNER

TIFT

COLQUITT

WORTH

Sylvester Poulan

Sumner

Warwick

Base modified from U.S. Geological Survey 

1:100,000-scale digital data

82

33

33

313

300

0 5 10 MILES

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

75

[NAICS, North American Industrial Classification System code]

[–, not applicable]

Year Year

– –
Manuscript approved on December 1, 2015

Prepared by the USGS Science Publishing Network

Edited by Rolla PSC

Illustrations and layout by Caryl J. Wipperfurth, Raleigh PSC

For more information about this publication contact:

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U.S. Geological Survey

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