Water Use in the Upper Oconee Region, 2005

Estimated water use in the Upper Oconee Water Planning Region was 1,249 Mgal/d in 2005, of which 78 Mgal/d or 6 percent was from groundwater and 1,171 Mgal/d or 94 percent was from surface water (Fanning and Trent, 2009). The largest water withdrawal in the region in 2005 was for thermoelectric power (1,092 Mgal/d) to generate electricity at one powerplant. Public supply withdrawals totaled 57 Mgal/d and served 73 percent of the population with the balance provided by domestic supply wells. Industrial water withdrawals in the region totaled 50 Mgal/d and were mostly used for chemical plants. An additional 12 mgal/d were withdrawn for mining processes. Withdrawals for irrigation totaled 24 Mgal/d, which was used to irrigate 27,080 acres.

Water data sources

Consumptive-use information
Water-monitoring site information

Explanation of Data Sources

The data and information below is from USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5002, and is being summarized here by State Water Planning Regions. These data may differ from site specific data collected by GaEPD.

Total water withdrawals and source of withdrawals

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Water use by category of use

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Note: Water-use data may in these charts may differ from Georgia EPD data due to different groupings of water-use categories.

Consumptive use

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Source and use of water

Trends in water use and population for 1985-2005

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Trends in water use, by category, for 1985-2005

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Total water use by county

Including thermoelectric power

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Excluding thermoelectric power

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