Florida Water Use

USGS collected and published statewide inventories of water-use data at 5-year intervals beginning in 1970 through 2015. These 5-year compilation efforts provide water-use data by major water-use category, county, water source (including aquifer), and water management district. Data for Florida is provided to the USGS National Water-Use Program and used in the compilation of water use for the...

A detailed, high resolution inventory of irrigated crop acreage is needed to accurately estimate agricultural water use and to project future water demands in many agricultural Florida counties . The USGS, in cooperation with Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), developed a detailed digital map and summary of irrigated acreage during the 2015 growing season for 13 of the 15 counties...

The Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study (https://fl.water.usgs.gov/floridan/) provides numerous benefits, including an updated hydrogeologic framework, regional and subregional water budgets, and a modern, system-wide, groundwater flow model that may be used to quantitatively assess the effects of human and environmental stresses.