USGS Nebraska Water Science Center - Water Use (Surface Water)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) compiles National water-use estimates every five years. The most recent compilation was for year 2000. The data compiled includes water withdrawn from surface- and ground-water sources and used for various categories of water use. Total fresh (non-saline) water-use estimates for Nebraska counties are presented below. Data are reported in millions of gallons per day (Mgal/d).

Freshwater use, by category, for Nebraska, by county, for year 2000
[Water-use data are in million gallons per day (Mgal/d)]
County	Public Supply	Domestic	Industrial	Irrigation	Livestock	Mining	Thermoelectric	Total
Adams	8.79	1.04	0.99	203.59	1.03	0.87	1.90	218.21
Antelope	1.30	0.52	0.00	218.53	1.43	2.20	0.00	223.98
Arthur	0.00	0.08	0.00	15.76	0.35	0.00	0.00	16.19
Banner	0.04	0.11	0.00	36.56	0.56	0.93	0.00	38.20
Blaine	0.06	0.06	0.00	11.15	0.43	0.03	0.00	11.73
Boone	0.89	0.43	0.00	130.33	1.53	0.00	0.00	133.18
Box Butte	2.62	0.24	0.00	230.10	1.26	0.08	0.00	234.30
Boyd	0.07	0.14	0.00	4.82	0.65	0.35	0.00	6.03
Brown	0.59	0.21	0.01	65.89	1.23	0.11	0.00	68.04
Buffalo	8.73	1.65	1.14	232.68	1.50	5.23	0.00	250.93
Burt	1.61	0.28	0.01	53.38	0.66	0.03	0.00	55.97
Butler	1.10	0.59	0.00	104.33	0.61	0.75	0.00	107.38
Cass	26.48	0.12	0.99	3.05	0.32	8.90	0.00	39.86
Cedar	1.20	0.48	0.15	65.10	1.89	0.75	0.00	69.57
Chase	1.09	0.24	0.16	265.49	0.65	0.81	0.00	268.44
Cherry	1.07	0.45	0.00	42.18	2.82	0.04	0.00	46.56
Cheyenne	2.22	0.44	0.02	87.71	0.92	1.53	0.00	92.84
Clay	1.54	0.34	0.00	222.21	1.60	2.39	0.00	228.08
Colfax	2.71	0.50	2.42	58.97	1.65	1.89	0.00	68.14
Cuming	2.27	0.40	0.91	38.72	4.05	7.85	0.00	54.20
Custer	3.14	0.72	0.02	246.20	3.53	2.66	0.00	256.27
Dakota	3.39	0.84	3.85	18.86	0.17	0.00	0.00	27.11
Dawes	1.63	0.17	0.00	27.85	0.51	5.14	0.00	35.30
Dawson	9.00	1.08	0.60	338.79	3.62	1.38	0.00	354.47
Deuel	0.42	0.11	0.00	35.75	0.14	2.34	0.00	38.76
Dixon	0.68	0.47	0.97	17.21	1.32	0.00	0.00	20.65
Dodge	6.14	0.92	1.88	87.35	0.96	1.94	0.71	99.90
Douglas	67.70	8.36	1.24	15.95	0.23	4.22	437.70	535.40
Dundy	0.41	0.16	0.00	129.18	0.93	0.12	0.00	130.80
Fillmore	1.34	0.27	0.00	210.20	0.79	0.00	0.00	212.60
Franklin	0.71	0.17	0.00	107.38	0.50	2.52	0.00	111.28
Frontier	0.62	0.20	0.00	84.59	0.88	0.00	0.00	86.29
Furnas	1.08	0.22	0.00	80.28	0.83	0.45	0.00	82.86
Gage	5.86	0.86	0.06	52.81	0.91	2.44	0.00	62.94
Garden	0.35	0.22	0.00	62.35	0.87	0.03	0.00	63.82
Garfield	0.26	0.10	0.00	16.06	0.48	0.17	0.00	17.07
Gosper	0.57	0.10	0.00	99.99	0.58	0.01	0.00	101.25
Grant	0.14	0.04	0.00	2.06	0.38	0.00	0.00	2.62
Greeley	0.42	0.16	0.00	52.61	0.71	0.00	0.00	53.90
Hall	12.46	1.62	1.20	195.22	1.18	5.22	1.80	218.70
Hamilton	2.01	0.61	0.77	239.48	0.64	0.00	0.00	243.51
Harlan	1.07	0.15	0.20	126.38	0.72	0.46	0.00	128.98
Hayes	0.07	0.12	0.00	59.86	0.67	0.06	0.00	60.78
Hitchcock	0.56	0.15	0.00	59.23	0.40	1.20	0.00	61.54
Holt	2.03	0.70	0.00	230.45	3.06	1.73	0.00	237.97
Hooker	0.16	0.04	0.00	6.04	0.19	0.00	0.00	6.43
Howard	0.89	0.58	0.01	118.70	1.02	1.13	0.00	122.33
Jefferson	1.61	0.25	0.04	67.47	0.58	1.73	0.00	71.68
Johnson	2.27	0.18	0.00	8.79	0.31	0.00	0.00	11.55
Kearney	1.28	0.42	0.00	184.72	1.22	0.86	0.00	188.50
Keith	1.74	0.47	0.00	131.60	0.89	0.80	0.00	135.50
Keya Paha	0.08	0.11	0.00	14.23	0.61	0.05	0.00	15.08
Kimball	0.97	0.20	0.00	60.66	0.22	1.35	0.00	63.40
Knox	1.96	0.43	0.14	38.83	2.02	3.36	0.00	46.74
Lancaster	1.25	0.00	0.28	13.84	0.50	0.23	2.42	18.52
Lincoln	8.05	1.20	0.29	314.58	2.34	1.70	680.80	1008.96
Logan	0.04	0.05	0.00	21.89	0.38	0.00	0.00	22.36
Loup	0.00	0.11	0.00	11.17	0.36	0.24	0.00	11.88
McPherson	0.00	0.09	0.00	9.03	1.18	0.00	0.00	10.30
Madison	6.65	0.89	2.94	85.56	0.43	6.54	0.00	103.01
Merrick	0.87	0.59	0.00	183.16	1.15	1.49	0.00	187.26
Morrill	0.98	0.43	0.91	190.94	1.73	0.91	0.00	195.90
Nance	0.36	0.22	0.00	62.84	0.56	0.42	0.00	64.40
Nemaha	1.60	0.03	0.01	1.66	0.38	0.32	726.40	730.40
Nuckolls	0.81	0.22	0.00	75.42	0.53	0.24	0.00	77.22
Otoe	2.23	0.19	0.00	3.43	0.46	0.00	417.54	423.85
Pawnee	0.29	0.01	0.00	1.81	0.37	0.05	0.00	2.53
Perkins	0.79	0.23	0.00	208.40	0.36	0.43	0.00	210.21
Phelps	2.33	0.42	0.00	318.08	2.37	1.76	0.00	324.96
Pierce	0.78	0.66	0.00	121.35	1.16	0.28	0.00	124.23
Platte	8.24	1.27	5.70	109.13	1.78	6.22	0.00	132.34
Polk	1.06	0.35	0.00	133.08	1.06	0.77	0.00	136.32
Red Willow	3.65	0.35	0.08	70.27	0.86	2.24	0.00	77.45
Richardson	1.49	0.14	0.00	1.12	0.46	0.07	0.00	3.28
Rock	0.28	0.14	0.00	44.52	0.95	0.03	0.00	45.92
Saline	2.01	0.48	2.36	95.63	0.43	0.00	0.00	100.91
Sarpy	22.28	3.16	0.87	9.04	0.35	4.74	0.21	40.65
Saunders	36.14	1.18	0.12	85.53	1.04	9.05	0.00	133.06
Scotts Bluff	9.54	1.50	5.55	295.86	2.18	1.07	0.00	315.70
Seward	2.03	0.80	0.06	89.43	0.71	0.06	0.00	93.09
Sheridan	0.96	0.48	0.00	97.43	1.45	0.02	0.00	100.34
Sherman	0.66	0.21	0.00	74.22	0.58	0.00	0.00	75.67
Sioux	0.07	0.21	0.00	70.49	1.11	0.03	0.00	71.91
Stanton	0.80	0.33	0.00	21.13	1.14	1.74	0.00	25.14
Thayer	1.40	0.19	0.01	161.14	0.69	5.46	0.00	168.89
Thomas	0.07	0.08	0.00	4.78	0.58	2.63	0.00	8.14
Thurston	1.91	0.16	0.00	9.16	0.41	0.00	0.00	11.64
Valley	0.69	0.24	0.00	76.12	0.36	0.97	0.00	78.38
Washington	6.88	0.96	0.02	15.93	1.21	0.02	548.50	573.52
Wayne	2.16	0.51	0.02	31.70	0.61	0.00	0.00	35.00
Webster	0.67	0.22	0.00	58.70	0.79	1.86	0.00	62.24
Wheeler	0.07	0.10	0.00	52.01	1.29	0.00	0.00	53.47
York	2.66	0.53	1.06	246.49	1.92	0.00	0.00	252.66
Total	330	48.4	38.1	8,790	93.4	128	2,820	12,200

Water Use in NebraskaTotal freshwater use, by category, 2000

Water Use in Nebraska
Total freshwater use, by category, 2000