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Total water withdrawals, 2005

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Total water withdrawals in the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, 2005
(Water withdrawals in million gallons per day)
County	Population	Groundwater	Surface water	Total	Percent groundwater	Percent surface water
Bartow	89,229	7.18	56.18	63.36	11.3	88.7
Cherokee	184,211	6.67	22.68	29.35	22.7	77.3
Clayton	267,966	2.33	30.84	33.17	7.0	93.0
Cobb	663,818	1.83	457.24	459.07	0.4	99.6
Coweta	109,903	1.84	40.67	42.51	4.3	95.7
DeKalb	677,959	4.01	84.83	88.84	4.5	95.5
Douglas	112,760	3.92	14.13	18.05	21.7	78.3
Fayette	104,248	3.59	11.20	14.79	24.3	75.7
Forsyth	140,393	4.33	24.19	28.52	15.2	84.8
Fulton	915,623	2.47	159.27	161.74	1.5	98.5
Gwinnett	726,273	3.53	90.67	94.20	3.7	96.3
Hall	165,771	4.18	19.53	23.71	17.6	82.4
Henry	167,848	1.82	16.85	18.67	9.7	90.3
Paulding	112,411	1.49	3.26	4.75	31.4	68.6
Rockdale	78,545	5.30	12.69	17.99	29.5	70.5
Total	4,516,958	54.49	1,044.23	1,098.72	5.0	95.0

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