Suwannee Basin Water Use

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Suwannee Basin Water Use Water Supply
Conditions

• Dr. Jim Hook
• National Environmentally Sound Production
  Agriculture Laboratory
• April 24, 2001
• Suwannee River Basin Initiative

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Ag Water Use EPD Permits
Source Permits Ave gpm Total gpm Potential Mgd

GW 1,568 530 830,000 1,200
SW 3,276 935 3,060,000 4,410

Total 4,844 800 3,890,000 5,610
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Ag Water Use EPD Permits
Source Permits Ave acre Total Permit acre Cropland acre

GW 1,568 112 176,800 -
SW 3,276 71 233,100 -

Total 4,844 86 409,900 704,400
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Ag Water Use Adjusted EPD Acres
Source Permits Prob. Permit acre Prob. Y2K use acre-in

GW 1,568 103,000 880,000
SW 3,276 198,000 1,670,000

Total 4,844 301,000 2,550,000
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Ag Water UseExtension Y2K Survey
Source Systems Irrigated acre Calc. Y2K use acre-in
GW 1,768 115,000 916,000
SW 1,544 100,000 797,000
W2P 627 41,000 327,000
Total 3,940 256,000 2,040,000
EPD adjTotal 4,844 301,000 2,550,000
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Annual Irrigation Withdrawals
Source Irr Amt annualized Irr Amt May-Sep Irr Amt Max-1 mo
GW (mgd) 68 165 412
SW (mgd) 59 142 355
W2P (mgd) 24 58 145
Total (mgd) 151 365 912
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All Water Use Ext Irr, EPD oth
Source MGD Irrig MGD Municipal MGD Public MGD Individual MGD Industry
GW 68 42 19 12 23
SW 59 0 0 0 0
W2P 24 0 0 0 0
Total 151 42 19 12 23
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All Water Use Annualized
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Equivalent Surface Flow for Irrigation
Source Irr Flow annualized Irr Flow May-Sep Irr Flow Max-1 mo
GW (mgd) 68 165 412
SW (mgd) 59 142 355
W2P (mgd) 24 58 145

SW (cfs) 91 220 550
W2P (cfs) 37 90 220
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Alapaha Flow at Statenville
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Floridan Aquifer at Sylvester