Water Withdrawals and Use in Illinois, 2012

Healy, Conor; Hlinka, Kenneth

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Title

Water Withdrawals and Use in Illinois, 2012

Author(s)

• Healy, Conor
• Hlinka, Kenneth

Issue Date

2016

Keyword(s)

• surface water
• groundwater
• water use
• water supply

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

This fact sheet summarizes data collected by the Illinois Water Inventory Program for the water reporting year 2012. Water use data is presented in two sectors, public water supply and the self-supplied industry.

During 2012, reported water withdrawals in Illinois totaled 40,230 million gallons per day (mgd), with groundwater totaling 480 mgd and surface water 39,750 mgd. Public water supplies (PWS) withdrew 1,509 mgd and self-supplied industries (SSI) withdrew 38,721 mgd. Electric power generation is the state’s number one water user, making up a majority of water withdrawals in 2012. Excluding power generation, which is generally a non-consumptive use of water, SSI withdrawals totaled 477 mgd.

Publisher

Illinois State Water Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Circular no. 187

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright ... University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved. This document is a product of the Illinois State Water Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois State Water Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended for research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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