2005 WATER USE
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Total Water Withdrawals in Georgia, 2005
Water use for individual counties.
Population and water withdrawals in Georgia, 2005 (Water-use values are in million gallons per day (Mgal/d)
| County | Population | Groundwater | Surface water | Total | Total (excluding thermoelectric) |
| Appling | 17,954 | 4.27 | 58.75 | 63.02 | 5.25 |
| Atkinson | 8,030 | 4.82 | 3.05 | 7.87 | 7.87 |
| Bacon | 10,379 | 5.23 | 1.19 | 6.42 | 6.42 |
| Baker | 4,154 | 31.11 | 3.28 | 34.39 | 34.39 |
| Baldwin | 45,230 | 0.51 | 7.12 | 7.63 | 7.63 |
| Banks | 16,055 | 0.76 | 1.70 | 2.46 | 2.46 |
| Barrow | 59,954 | 3.50 | 5.11 | 8.61 | 8.61 |
| Bartow | 89,229 | 7.18 | 56.18 | 63.36 | 24.44 |
| Ben Hill | 17,316 | 7.48 | 3.20 | 10.68 | 10.68 |
| Berrien | 16,708 | 4.80 | 2.06 | 6.86 | 6.86 |
| Bibb | 154,918 | 6.18 | 37.89 | 44.07 | 44.07 |
| Bleckley | 12,141 | 7.84 | 5.78 | 13.62 | 13.62 |
| Brantley | 15,491 | 1.68 | 1.15 | 2.83 | 2.83 |
| Brooks | 16,327 | 4.26 | 0.33 | 4.59 | 4.59 |
| Bryan | 28,549 | 3.14 | 0.01 | 3.15 | 3.15 |
| Bulloch | 61,454 | 12.55 | 4.74 | 17.29 | 17.29 |
| Burke | 23,299 | 14.70 | 69.12 | 83.82 | 18.46 |
| Butts | 21,045 | 0.46 | 3.04 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Calhoun | 5,972 | 17.25 | 9.78 | 27.03 | 27.03 |
| Camden | 45,759 | 7.57 | 0.01 | 7.58 | 7.58 |
| Candler | 10,321 | 4.96 | 6.17 | 11.13 | 11.13 |
| Carroll | 105,453 | 2.59 | 11.83 | 14.42 | 14.42 |
| Catoosa | 60,813 | 5.16 | 1.53 | 6.69 | 6.69 |
| Charlton | 10,790 | 1.21 | 0.03 | 1.24 | 1.24 |
| Chatham | 238,410 | 64.97 | 179.13 | 244.10 | 82.92 |
| Chattahoochee | 14,679 | 0.51 | 6.92 | 7.43 | 7.43 |
| Chattooga | 26,570 | 6.57 | 5.71 | 12.28 | 12.28 |
| Cherokee | 184,211 | 6.67 | 22.68 | 29.35 | 29.35 |
| Clarke | 104,439 | 0.50 | 7.07 | 7.57 | 7.57 |
| Clay | 3,242 | 0.58 | 0.08 | 0.66 | 0.66 |
| Clayton | 267,966 | 2.33 | 30.84 | 33.17 | 33.17 |
| Clinch | 6,996 | 1.80 | 0.08 | 1.88 | 1.88 |
| Cobb | 663,818 | 1.83 | 457.24 | 459.07 | 96.49 |
| Coffee | 39,674 | 10.43 | 5.70 | 16.13 | 16.13 |
| Colquitt | 43,915 | 15.36 | 21.39 | 36.75 | 36.75 |
| Columbia | 103,812 | 2.17 | 13.41 | 15.58 | 15.58 |
| Cook | 16,366 | 7.91 | 3.22 | 11.13 | 11.13 |
| Coweta | 109,903 | 1.84 | 40.67 | 42.51 | 11.43 |
| Crawford | 12,874 | 4.12 | 0.75 | 4.87 | 4.87 |
| Crisp | 22,017 | 17.55 | 1.25 | 18.80 | 18.80 |
| Dade | 16,040 | 0.16 | 2.74 | 2.90 | 2.90 |
| Dawson | 19,731 | 0.48 | 2.23 | 2.71 | 2.71 |
| Decatur | 28,618 | 39.87 | 2.46 | 42.33 | 42.33 |
| DeKalb | 677,959 | 4.01 | 84.83 | 88.84 | 88.84 |
| Dodge | 19,574 | 5.59 | 14.34 | 19.93 | 19.93 |
| Dooly | 11,749 | 24.79 | 1.50 | 26.29 | 26.29 |
| Dougherty | 94,882 | 37.80 | 121.59 | 159.39 | 39.25 |
| Douglas | 112,760 | 3.92 | 14.13 | 18.05 | 18.05 |
| Early | 12,056 | 13.66 | 110.24 | 123.90 | 123.90 |
| Echols | 4,253 | 5.78 | 0.50 | 6.28 | 6.28 |
| Effingham | 46,924 | 5.96 | 144.91 | 150.87 | 56.34 |
| Elbert | 20,799 | 0.97 | 2.43 | 3.40 | 3.40 |
| Emanuel | 22,108 | 6.18 | 0.48 | 6.66 | 6.66 |
| Evans | 11,443 | 2.92 | 1.32 | 4.24 | 4.24 |
| Fannin | 21,887 | 0.96 | 1.81 | 2.77 | 2.77 |
| Fayette | 104,248 | 3.59 | 11.20 | 14.79 | 14.79 |
| Floyd | 94,198 | 3.66 | 585.63 | 589.29 | 54.29 |
| Forsyth | 140,393 | 4.33 | 24.19 | 28.52 | 28.52 |
| Franklin | 21,590 | 1.06 | 3.10 | 4.16 | 4.16 |
| Fulton | 915,623 | 2.47 | 159.27 | 161.74 | 161.74 |
| Gilmer | 27,335 | 7.01 | 3.93 | 10.94 | 10.94 |
| Glascock | 2,705 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
| Glynn | 71,874 | 56.17 | 59.56 | 115.73 | 78.77 |
| Gordon | 50,279 | 4.59 | 10.52 | 15.11 | 15.11 |
| Grady | 24,466 | 5.88 | 4.48 | 10.36 | 10.36 |
| Greene | 15,693 | 0.95 | 2.96 | 3.91 | 3.91 |
| Gwinnett | 726,273 | 3.53 | 90.67 | 94.20 | 94.20 |
| Habersham | 39,603 | 2.24 | 10.96 | 13.20 | 13.20 |
| Hall | 165,771 | 4.18 | 19.53 | 23.71 | 23.71 |
| Hancock | 9,643 | 0.55 | 0.93 | 1.48 | 1.48 |
| Haralson | 28,338 | 0.03 | 3.33 | 3.36 | 3.36 |
| Harris | 27,779 | 1.49 | 11.17 | 12.66 | 11.46 |
| Hart | 24,036 | 1.41 | 2.37 | 3.78 | 3.78 |
| Heard | 11,346 | 0.40 | 65.49 | 65.89 | 1.56 |
| Henry | 167,848 | 1.82 | 16.85 | 18.67 | 18.67 |
| Houston | 126,163 | 29.63 | 0.61 | 30.24 | 30.24 |
| Irwin | 10,093 | 10.20 | 7.37 | 17.57 | 17.57 |
| Jackson | 52,292 | 1.48 | 21.02 | 22.50 | 22.50 |
| Jasper | 13,147 | 1.25 | 1.54 | 2.79 | 2.79 |
| Jeff Davis | 13,083 | 3.35 | 2.23 | 5.58 | 5.58 |
| Jefferson | 16,926 | 12.17 | 8.35 | 20.52 | 20.52 |
| Jenkins | 8,729 | 3.67 | 1.22 | 4.89 | 4.89 |
| Johnson | 9,538 | 2.61 | 0.43 | 3.04 | 3.04 |
| Jones | 26,836 | 3.90 | 0.35 | 4.25 | 4.25 |
| Lamar | 16,378 | 0.72 | 2.18 | 2.90 | 2.90 |
| Lanier | 7,553 | 1.98 | 0.19 | 2.17 | 2.17 |
| Laurens | 46,896 | 9.59 | 20.53 | 30.12 | 30.12 |
| Lee | 31,099 | 6.20 | 1.36 | 7.56 | 7.56 |
| Liberty | 57,544 | 15.58 | 0.21 | 15.79 | 15.79 |
| Lincoln | 8,207 | 0.28 | 0.63 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| Long | 11,083 | 2.52 | 0.46 | 2.98 | 2.98 |
| Lowndes | 96,705 | 29.30 | 1.42 | 30.72 | 30.72 |
| Lumpkin | 24,324 | 1.93 | 1.31 | 3.24 | 3.24 |
| McDuffie | 21,743 | 1.36 | 4.49 | 5.85 | 5.85 |
| McIntosh | 11,068 | 0.94 | 0.15 | 1.09 | 1.09 |
| Macon | 13,745 | 16.88 | 14.59 | 31.47 | 31.47 |
| Madison | 27,289 | 2.24 | 1.32 | 3.56 | 3.56 |
| Marion | 7,244 | 2.89 | 0.38 | 3.27 | 3.27 |
| Meriwether | 22,919 | 1.84 | 1.74 | 3.58 | 3.58 |
| Miller | 6,228 | 20.10 | 1.99 | 22.09 | 22.09 |
| Mitchell | 23,791 | 33.87 | 5.80 | 39.67 | 39.67 |
| Monroe | 23,785 | 2.03 | 60.77 | 62.80 | 3.78 |
| Montgomery | 8,909 | 1.89 | 0.57 | 2.46 | 2.46 |
| Morgan | 17,492 | 0.87 | 2.05 | 2.92 | 2.92 |
| Murray | 40,812 | 4.06 | 2.23 | 6.29 | 6.29 |
| Muscogee | 185,271 | 0.46 | 33.43 | 33.89 | 33.89 |
| Newton | 86,713 | 4.01 | 10.63 | 14.64 | 14.64 |
| Oconee | 29,748 | 1.32 | 0.69 | 2.01 | 2.01 |
| Oglethorpe | 13,609 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 1.99 | 1.99 |
| Paulding | 112,411 | 1.49 | 3.26 | 4.75 | 4.75 |
| Peach | 24,794 | 9.98 | 0.65 | 10.63 | 10.63 |
| Pickens | 28,442 | 2.64 | 2.22 | 4.86 | 4.86 |
| Pierce | 17,119 | 3.29 | 0.20 | 3.49 | 3.49 |
| Pike | 16,128 | 1.11 | 4.81 | 5.92 | 5.92 |
| Polk | 40,479 | 5.78 | 3.08 | 8.86 | 8.86 |
| Pulaski | 9,737 | 11.97 | 4.77 | 16.74 | 16.74 |
| Putnam | 19,829 | 2.08 | 1,095.07 | 1,097.15 | 5.15 |
| Quitman | 2,467 | 0.18 | 0.03 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| Rabun | 16,087 | 1.04 | 3.66 | 4.70 | 4.70 |
| Randolph | 7,310 | 5.46 | 4.96 | 10.42 | 10.42 |
| Richmond | 195,769 | 17.01 | 100.86 | 117.87 | 117.87 |
| Rockdale | 78,545 | 5.30 | 12.69 | 17.99 | 17.99 |
| Schley | 4,122 | 0.72 | 0.32 | 1.04 | 1.04 |
| Screven | 15,430 | 9.04 | 5.29 | 14.33 | 14.33 |
| Seminole | 9,226 | 36.25 | 3.19 | 39.44 | 39.44 |
| Spalding | 61,289 | 1.18 | 8.85 | 10.03 | 10.03 |
| Stephens | 25,060 | 0.39 | 4.18 | 4.57 | 4.57 |
| Stewart | 4,882 | 0.29 | 0.81 | 1.10 | 1.10 |
| Sumter | 32,912 | 10.46 | 3.50 | 13.96 | 13.96 |
| Talbot | 6,709 | 1.22 | 0.15 | 1.37 | 1.37 |
| Taliaferro | 1,826 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Tattnall | 23,211 | 4.76 | 4.22 | 8.98 | 8.98 |
| Taylor | 8,887 | 2.72 | 2.54 | 5.26 | 5.26 |
| Telfair | 13,205 | 3.75 | 1.00 | 4.75 | 4.75 |
| Terrell | 10,711 | 8.86 | 7.34 | 16.20 | 16.20 |
| Thomas | 44,692 | 17.30 | 2.84 | 20.14 | 20.14 |
| Tift | 40,793 | 17.32 | 8.66 | 25.98 | 25.98 |
| Toombs | 27,274 | 6.04 | 5.04 | 11.08 | 11.08 |
| Towns | 10,315 | 1.30 | 5.28 | 6.58 | 6.58 |
| Treutlen | 6,753 | 1.37 | 0.17 | 1.54 | 1.54 |
| Troup | 62,015 | 1.82 | 10.81 | 12.63 | 12.63 |
| Turner | 9,474 | 7.21 | 8.66 | 15.87 | 15.87 |
| Twiggs | 10,299 | 21.72 | 0.48 | 22.20 | 22.20 |
| Union | 19,782 | 1.61 | 6.47 | 8.08 | 8.08 |
| Upson | 27,679 | 1.43 | 3.60 | 5.03 | 5.03 |
| Walker | 63,890 | 7.17 | 2.75 | 9.92 | 9.92 |
| Walton | 75,647 | 3.54 | 7.21 | 10.75 | 10.75 |
| Ware | 34,492 | 6.08 | 0.77 | 6.85 | 6.85 |
| Warren | 6,101 | 1.94 | 2.66 | 4.60 | 4.60 |
| Washington | 20,118 | 34.70 | 1.03 | 35.73 | 35.73 |
| Wayne | 28,390 | 64.58 | 0.64 | 65.22 | 65.22 |
| Webster | 2,289 | 0.54 | 2.40 | 2.94 | 2.94 |
| Wheeler | 6,706 | 1.64 | 3.21 | 4.85 | 4.85 |
| White | 24,055 | 1.55 | 2.11 | 3.66 | 3.66 |
| Whitfield | 90,889 | 0.40 | 36.49 | 36.89 | 36.89 |
| Wilcox | 8,721 | 9.93 | 2.65 | 12.58 | 12.58 |
| Wilkes | 10,457 | 0.52 | 1.42 | 1.94 | 1.94 |
| Wilkinson | 10,143 | 18.42 | 0.11 | 18.53 | 18.53 |
| Worth | 21,996 | 9.69 | 4.10 | 13.79 | 13.03 |
| Georgia | 9,072,576 | 1,180.04 | 4,291.43 | 5,471.47 | 2,750.64 |
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