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Groundwater Use in Alabama,
2010
2015 Alabama Groundwater Conference
Michael BradleyUSGS
Lower Mississippi – Gulf Water Science Center
Acknowledgements
• ADECA-OWR
Tom Littlepage
Michael Harper
• USGS
Amy Gill
Water Use Compilation
• ADECA-OWR Alabama Water Use Reporting
Program
• USGS – Water Use Information Program• USGS – Water Use Information Program
USGS Programs Related to Water Use
• Cooperative Water Program
– Cost share program with state, county, local agency
• National Water Quality Assessment Program
– Provide an understanding of water-quality conditions – Provide an understanding of water-quality conditions
and changes. Natural and human impact..
• National Water Use Information Program
– Five year national compilation
– Fund research on use of satellite data
USGS National Water Use
• 5-year compilation
• Rely on State and other
agencies for dataagencies for data
• Reports begin in 1950
• County-level data
available to download
starting for 1985
2010 Compilation
• Total withdrawals 355 BGD;
13% decline (-54 BGD) since
2005
• Lowest total withdrawals
since before 1970.
GROSS PER CAPITA USE 1950-2010
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Total Water Use 2010
Alabama
Total Withdrawals – 9,957 million gallons/day
Groundwater 487 Mgal/day
Surface Water 9,470 Mgal/day
Power production 8,250 Mgal/day
All other 1,220 Mgal/day
PS - 280IRR - 85
Groundwater Withdrawals – 487 Mgal/day
DO - 38
IND - 27
AQ - 32
MI – 13
LV – 12
300
400
500
600
Total Groundwater Withdrawals
0
100
200
300
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Total GW
WithdrawalsMillion Gallons per Day
Less than 1
1 - 5
5 - 105 - 10
10 - 20
More than 20
200
250
300
Groundwater Withdrawals for Public Supply
0
50
100
150
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Million Gallons per Day
Less than 1
1 - 5
5 - 10
Public Supply GW
Withdrawals
5 - 10
10 - 20
More than 20
50
60
70
80
90
Groundwater Withdrawals for Irrigation
0
10
20
30
40
50
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Million Gallons per Day
Less than 0.5
0.5 - 1
Irrigation GW
Withdrawals
1 - 5
5 - 10
10 - 20
More than 20
1 - 5
Groundwater use for Irrigation
Alabama 85
Arkansas 7,380Arkansas 7,380
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 670
Mississippi 1,960
Tennessee 44
Arlington
21
22
Arlington observation well
23
24
M J J A S O N D J F M
Water-level decline due to
irrigation at sod farm
Million Gallons per Day
Less than 0.1
0.1 – 0.25
Domestic Self-Supplied
Withdrawals
0.25 – 0.5
0.5 - 1
10 - 20
More than 2.0
0.25 – 0.5
Less than 2,000
2,000 – 5,000
5,000 – 10,000
Domestic Self-Supplied
Population
5,000 – 10,000
10,000 – 20,000
More than 20,000
Top Counties – GW withdrawals
Total Public Supply Domestic
Baldwin (62) Madison (29) Mobile (2.6)
Mobile (35) Baldwin (23) Baldwin (1.7)
Madison (34) Calhoun (21) Houston (1.4)Madison (34) Calhoun (21) Houston (1.4)
Houston (26) Houston (17) DeKalb (1.3)
Calhoun (22) Mobile (16) Talledaga (1.2)
Top Counties – GW withdrawals
Irrigation Industry Self Supply
Baldwin (37) Autauga (9.9)
Mobile (8.9) Mobile (7.0)
Houston (8.0) Washington (6.2)Houston (8.0) Washington (6.2)
Madison(5.7) Barbour (1.6)
Autauga (2.9) Escambia (1.5)
Summary
• Groundwater use part of State and national
water use compilations.
• In 2010 groundwater provided 470 Mgal/d
280 Mgal/d for public supply280 Mgal/d for public supply
85 Mgal/d for irrigation
38 Mgal/d for rural domestic supply
27 Mgal/d for self-supplied industry
Summary
• 1990 – 2010, groundwater withdrawals
increased from 403 to 487 Mgal/d
• Increasing demand • Increasing demand
• Increasing competition
• Increasing need to define use and resource
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TVA – Tennessee Valley
• Estimated use of water in the Tennessee River
watershed in 2000 and projections of water use to
2030 Susan S. Hutson, M. Carolyn Koroa, C. Michael
Murphree 2003, Water-Resources Investigations
Report 2003-4302Report 2003-4302
• Water Use in the Tennessee Valley for 2005 and
Projected Use in 2030, Charles Bohac and Michael
McCall, 2008, Tennessee Valley Authority
• Water Use Use in the Tennessee Valley for 2010 and
Projected Use in 2035, Charles Bohac and Amanda
Bowen, 2012, Tennessee Valley Authority
Gill, A.C., Harper, M.J., and Littlepage, T.M., 2013, Water
use, availability, and net demand in the Tennessee River
watershed within Alabama, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey
Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5067, 42 p.
Alabama - USGS
• Estimated use of water in Alabama in 2005
Susan S. Hutson, Thomas M. Littlepage,
Michael J. Harper, James O. Tinney 2009,
Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5163Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5163
• Alabama Water Use, 2005 Susan S. Hutson,
Thomas M. Littlepage, Michael J. Harper,
James O. Tinney 2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3081
• ALABAMA
• Baker, R.M., and Mooty, W.S., 1985, Use of water in Alabama, 1985: Geological Survey of Alabama Information Series 59D, 51 p.
• Baker, R.M., and Mooty, W.S., 1993, Use of water in Alabama, 1990: Geological Survey of Alabama Information Series 59E, 51 p.
• Gill, A.C., Harper, M.J., and Littlepage, T.M., 2013, Water use, availability, and net demand in the Tennessee River watershed within Alabama, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5067, 42 p.
• Hutson, S.S., Littlepage, T.M., Harper, M.J., and Tinney, J.O., 2009a, Alabama water use, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009–3081, 6 p.
• Hutson, S.S., Littlepage, T.M., Harper, M.J., and Tinney, J.O., 2009b, Estimated use of water in Alabama in 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5163, 210 p.
• Kidd, R.E., and Lambeth, D.S., 1995, Hydrogeology and ground-water quality in the Black Belt area of west-central Alabama, and estimated water use for aquaculture, 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4074, 52 p. Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4074, 52 p.
• Marella, R.L., and Fanning, J.L., 2011, Water withdrawals, wastewater discharge, and water consumption in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, 2005, and water-use trends, 1970–2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5130, 34 p.
• Marella, R.L., Fanning, J.L., and Mooty, W.S., 1993, Estimated use of water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin during 1990 with State summaries from 1970 to 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4084, 45 p.
• Mooty, W.S., 1990a, Alabama water supply and use in National Water Summary 1987-Hydrologic events and water supply and use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2350, p. 141-148.
• Mooty, W.S., 1990b, Water withdrawals in the Black Warrior-Tombigbee basin in Alabama, 1985-87: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4112, 52 p.
• Mooty, W.S. and Richardson, Joanne, 1998, Water use in Alabama, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 98-4154, 92 p.
• Peirce, L. B., 1972, Use of water in Alabama, 1970, with projections to 2020: Geological Survey of Alabama Information Series 42, 77 p.
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