Table 3.  Computed average daily and total annual discharge from the Edwards aquifer by county and by water use, 1999

[Totals might not equal sums of components due to rounding]

County

Springs

Municipal
supply and
military use

Irrigation

Industrial
use

Total
(million
gallons
per year)

Total
(thousand
acre-feet
per year)

 

(million gallons per day)

 

 

Uvalde

29.6

5.4

52.3

1.8

32,530

99.8

Medina

0

6.4

35.7

1.0

15,750

48.3

Bexar

15.5

215

12.9

22.4

97,210

298.3

Comal

246

6.6

.1

11.0

96,190

295.2

Hays

116

9.1

.02

1.5

46,360

142.3

Total (million gallons per year)

148,660

88,720

36,850

13,810

288,040

 

Total (thousand acre-feet per year)

456

272

113

42.4

 

884.0

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