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2005 Estimated Water Use Report
Industrial/Commercial Use = 62 mgd
Industrial/Commercial Water
Withdrawal/Use
Industrial/Commercial water use in the District
averaged approximately 62 mgd during 2005.
The Industrial/Commercial water use category
includes non-farm, non-mining businesses that
have a self-supplied source of water; for
example, hospitals, schools, and cement
plants. This category does not include water
use for Industrial/Commercial purposes that is
purchased from Public Supply systems,
because those amounts are an integral
component of the Public Supply estimates. It
also does not include seawater or reclaimed
water, which is used for power generation
purposes. Inserted tables in this text represent
only a snapshot of data for this category of
water use. For more information, refer to
tables 6 and A-11.
SWFWMD Industrial/Commercial Total Water Withdrawal/Use (mgd), by
Source, 2005
Year Total Ground Water Surface Water
2005 62 (100%) 55 (89%) 7 (11%)
Selected Industrial/Commercial Water Withdrawal/Use Categories (mgd),
by Category, 2005
Year
Product
manufacturing
Power
Generation
Food
Processing Others
2005 29 (46%) 21 (33%) 4 (7%) 8 (14%)
General Information
Industrial/Commercial water use in the District
includes the following industrial groups:
product manufacturing, food processing or
packaging, power generation, and other
industrial/commercial uses (typically general
manufacturing, or equipment cleaning
operations, self-supplied stores, car washes,
laundries, schools, prisons, and other
commercial building and businesses).
“Product Manufacturing” has replaced the
category “Chemical Manufacturing,” found in
previous reports. The “Product Manufacturing”
category includes water use for chemical
manufacturing in addition to cement, asphalt,
and other general manufacturing processes.
2005 Data
Table 6 presents county-level water use by
industry groups. Regulatory database
comparisons were performed as a check on
the quantities listed under each industry
classification. Industrial water use data by
permittee is detailed in Table A-11. In 2005, as
shown in Figure 18, Polk County is the largest
user for Commercial/Industrial purposes,
accounting for more than 36 mgd or 59
percent of this category. Hillsborough County
shows 14 mgd of use or 23 percent of this
category. The most predominant use of
Industrial/Commercial water in Polk and
Hillsborough was for product manufacturing
purposes.
Figure 19 illustrates Industrial/Commercial
water use by category during 2005. Of the
total 62 mgd, Product Manufacturing
represents the highest amount of water used,
approximately 29 mgd or more than 46
percent of the total. Power Generation
consumed the second largest amount of
water, withdrawing approximately 21 mgd or
33 percent. Food Processing, General
Commercial and Other Uses were other
significant water use categories collectively
withdrawing 21 percent or more than 12 mgd
of the total in 2005.
Table A-12 summarizes estimated monthly
Industrial/Commercial water use and rainfall
data by county. The estimated District total
Industrial/Commercial water use during each
month of the 2005 is depicted in Figure 20.
For comparison purposes, monthly rainfall
data is also included in Figure 20.
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