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County Profiles:  Water Quantity

County Name:

Nueces

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

187.22

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

0.92

 

 

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

44

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

2044702

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

Sector

2000

2020

Electric Utility:

8799

 

3300

 

Irrigation

1680

 

1112

 

Livestock

278

 

242

 

Manufacturing

39763

 

55686

 

Mining

1275

 

57

 

Municipal

65779

 

88896

 

 

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