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U.S. water wells in place by state and end use

Compiled by NGWA February 2006

 

Region/state
Irrigation 1
Community 
water systems
2
Household 3
Northeast
     
Connecticut
146         
1,182         
Maine
420         
549         
Massachusetts
315         
1,388         
New Jersey
844         
2,097         
New Hampshire
97         
1,199         
New York
704         
4,971         
Pennsylvania
961         
4,446         
Rhode Island
36         
145         
Vermont
119         
744         
West Virginia
49         
448         
Region total
3,691         
17,169         
3,072,000
Midwest
     
Illinois
3,024         
3,047         
Indiana
2,318         
1,991         
Iowa
1,223         
2,084         
Kansas
19,124         
786         
Michigan
4,031         
3,361         
Minnesota
3,797         
2,477         
Missouri
10,913         
2,241         
Nebraska
69,583         
1,654         
North Dakota
1,636         
631         
Ohio
375         
2,978         
South Dakota
1,838         
978         
Wisconsin
3,002         
2,603         
Region total
121,044         
24,831         
3,864,000
South
     
Alabama
477         
1,007         
Arkansas
35,574         
857         
Delaware
709         
655         
Florida
16,376         
3,276         
Georgia
5,083         
2,830         
Kentucky
231         
253         
Louisiana
6,276         
2,482         
Maryland
588         
1,165         
Mississippi
8,518         
2,500         
North Carolina
835         
4,270         
Oklahoma
4,192         
1,890         
South Carolina
1,090         
1,632         
Tennessee
320         
361         
Texas
59,955         
11,279         
Virginia
704         
2,016         
Region total
140,928         
36,473         
4,774,000
West
     
Alaska
57         
419         
Arizona
4,424         
2,165         
California
64,423         
11,444         
Colorado
10,646         
1,767         
Hawaii
127         
382         
Idaho
6,796         
1,438         
Montana
1,732         
1,193         
Nevada
1,805         
630         
New Mexico
8,061         
1,705         
Oregon
7,590         
1,339         
Utah
2,316         
1,145         
Washington
5,070         
4,964         
Wyoming
964         
425         
Region total
114,011         
29,016         
1,387,000
Grand total
379,674         
107,489         
13,097,000 4

 

1 — U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2004
2 — U.S. EPA, 2004
3 — American Housing Survey, U.S. Census, 2003; a state-by-state breakdown of household wells is not available
4 — This figure only includes household wells that are in use year-round