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PROJECTED ANNUAL WITHDRAWALS
Suwannee River Basin


Projected withdrawals from groundwater (GW) and surface water (SW)
for agricultural irrigation of major row crops and specialty crops
Annualized pumping rate (MGD) for the earliest projection through furthest projection years.

Year - Sub-basin GW
Wet *		 GW
Med *		 GW
Dry *		 SW
Wet 		SW
Med 		SW
Dry
 
  2011 - Alapaha 20.4 32.6 45.9 12.8 20.7 29.1
  2020 - Alapaha 21 33.6 47.3 13.2 21.4 30.1
  2030 - Alapaha 21.8 34.8 49.1 13.7 22.2 31.3
  2040 - Alapaha 22.7 36.2 51.1 14.3 23.1 32.6
  2050 - Alapaha 23.6 37.8 53.3 14.9 24.2 34.1
 
  2011 - Little 17.7 28.7 42.5 12.2 19.1 27.4
  2020 - Little 18.6 30.1 44.4 13 20.2 28.9
  2030 - Little 19.6 31.7 46.8 13.9 21.6 30.8
  2040 - Little 20.8 33.6 49.4 14.9 23.1 33
  2050 - Little 22.1 35.6 52.3 16 24.8 35.3
 
  2011 - Upper Suwannee 0.83 1.62 2.66 0.12 0.2 0.29
  2020 - Upper Suwannee 0.86 1.66 2.73 0.12 0.2 0.3
  2030 - Upper Suwannee 0.89 1.72 2.82 0.12 0.21 0.31
  2040 - Upper Suwannee 0.92 1.79 2.93 0.13 0.21 0.32
  2050 - Upper Suwannee 0.95 1.85 3.04 0.13 0.22 0.33
 
  2011 - Withlacoochee 16.1 26.7 39.9 8.34 12.9 18.6
  2020 - Withlacoochee 16.6 27.5 41.2 8.71 13.5 19.4
  2030 - Withlacoochee 17.3 28.6 42.7 9.18 14.2 20.4
  2040 - Withlacoochee 18 29.8 44.5 9.7 15 21.5
  2050 - Withlacoochee 18.8 31.1 46.4 10.3 15.9 22.7
 
  2011 - Basin Total 55 89.6 131 33.5 52.9 75.4
  2020 - Basin Total 57 92.8 136 35 55.2 78.7
  2030 - Basin Total 59.6 96.9 141 36.9 58.2 82.9
  2040 - Basin Total 62.4 101 148 39 61.5 87.4
  2050 - Basin Total 65.5 106 155 41.4 65.1 92.5
 
  

* Wet year = irrigation withdrawals expected for the wettest 25th percentile (one in 4 years), Med years = median year, Dry year, irrigation withdrawals expected for the driest 25th percentile (one in four years).

Source: Details on the methods for projecting withdrawals and month by month withdrawals HERE.

Last Updated on 7/31/2009 by Jim Hook