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Upper Oconee Water Planning Region
Trends in water use, by category of use, for 1985-2005
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Trends in water use, by category of use, for 1985-2005 in the Upper Oconee Water Planning Region, 1985-2005 (Water withdrawals in million gallons per day, Population in thousands)
| | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 |
| Public supply | 35.91 | 41.98 | 45.48 | 56.63 | 57.08 |
| Domestic and commercial | 12.23 | 12.4 | 11.44 | 11.7 | 10.28 |
| Industrial and mining | 52.79 | 56.06 | 60.24 | 58.82 | 62.18 |
| Irrigation | 10.68 | 12.65 | 17.41 | 34.55 | 23.78 |
| Livestock and aquaculture | 3.45 | 4.06 | 3.81 | 2.29 | 3.59 |
| Thermoelectric power | 1,063.5 | 1,046.6 | 1,008.1 | 984.31 | 1,092 |
| Total | 1,178.56 | 1,173.75 | 1,146.48 | 1,148.30 | 1,248.91 |
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