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County Profiles:  Water Quantity

County Name:

Matagorda

Residential Per-Capita Water Use, 2000 (gallons per day):

116.11

Irrigation Efficiency, Total Acre-Feet Used per Acre of Irrigated Land, 2000:

4.78

 

 

Total Number of Authorized or Permitted Active Surface Water Rights, 2002

51

Total Volume of Water Permitted in Active Surface Water Rights, 2002

2555149

Current and Projected Water Use by Sector (acre-feet)

Sector

2000

2020

Electric Utility:

61025

 

47000

 

Irrigation

68

 

174326

 

Livestock

1085

 

1023

 

Manufacturing

16

 

32715

 

Mining

196

 

6945

 

Municipal

1423

 

6649

 

 

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