Water Use in Columbia County Since 1980
Kathleen A. McKee, University of Florida Water Institute
Water use data in Columbia county using records from USGS and SRWMD from 1980 to 2007 for Agriculture (estimates by USGS
every 5 yrs), Commercial/Indust/Power (from permitee reports), Public Supply (from permittee reports), and Domestic Self Supply.
Fig 2. Water use by category in Columbia county, FL from 1980 to 2007. Population served by
public supply less than population served by on-site wells. PubSupp = Public Supply (based on
monthly permittee reporting); Agric from USGS = Irrigation estimated by Rich Marella, USGS;
DomSelfSup = Domestic Self-Supply (a general estimated per capita rate from Rich Marella) *
(Total Population – Public Supply population).
Fig 1. Ichetucknee springshed, counties, cities, springs, water management
district boundaries.
Table 1. Largest permitted water users in Columbia county for 3
different years showing millions of gallons per year.
LAKE CITY, CITY OF
COLUMBIA CORRECTIONAL
MELTON BISHOP S/D
CLAYTON SMITH S/D
FORT WHITE, TOWN OF
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1995
897
70
58
34
-
2000
1071
98
83
54
22
2007
1287
85
80
67
28
Fig 3. Population from 1980 to 2007. The population of Lake City in 2009 was 12,614.
February 16, 2011