Summary of Water use (in acre-feet) in Hidalgo county, 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category Withdrawal Withdrawal Total Depletion Depletion Total Return Return Total Surface Ground Withdrawal Surface Ground Depletion Flow Flow Return Water Water Water Water Surface Ground Flow Water Water ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ------- ------- ------ Public Water Supply 0 1468 1468 0 734 734 0 734 734 Domestic (self-supplied) 0 177 177 0 80 80 0 97 97 Irrigated Agriculture 6501 31169 37670 2924 18846 21770 3577 12323 15900 Livestock (self-supplied) 85 356 441 85 356 441 0 0 0 Commercial (self-supplied) 0 458 458 0 299 299 0 160 160 Industrial (self-supplied) 0 74 74 0 38 38 0 36 36 Mining (self-supplied) 0 5172 5172 0 4914 4914 0 259 259 Power (self-supplied) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reservoir Evaporation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- --------- ------- ------- ------- TOTAL: 6586 38874 45460 3009 25267 28276 3577 13609 17186 SOURCE: BRIAN, C., WILSON, P.E., 1997, "Water Use by Categories in New Mexico Counties and River Basins, and Irrigated Acreage in 1995", New Mexico State Engineer Office, Technical Report (in press), Santa Fe, NM.