Table 6. Agricultural irrigation water withdrawals by County in Florida, 2015

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In 2015, the total amount of water withdrawn for agricultural irrigation uses in Florida was estimated at 2,089 million gallons per day (Mgal/d). Withdrawals include water used for crop irrigation, freeze protection, livestock needs, and fish farming (aquaculture). Fresh surface water accounted for 1,078 Mgal/d of the fresh water withdrawn and1,011 Mgal/d was withdrawn from fresh groundwater sources. Palm Beach County accounted for the largest amount of fresh surface water withdrawn (513 Mgal/d), followed by Hendry County (257 Mgal/d), while Hendry County accounted for the largest amount of fresh groundwater withdrawn (123 Mgal/d) followed by Collier County (97 Mgal/d). No saline water was withdrawn for this category in 2015.

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55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N29W5M
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5a4cfe5de4b0d05ee8c4caf4.xml

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  • environment
  • public-supply-water-use
  • usgs-5a4cfe5de4b0d05ee8c4caf4
  • withdrawals
  • water-use
  • domestic
  • public-supply
  • domestic-water-use
  • consumptive-use
  • water-withdrawals

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