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The Central Coastal Plain Water Use Area (CCPCUA)
The survey was conducted to document water use for the agricultural sector in Beau-fort,
Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow,
Pamlico, Pitt, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson Counties. CCPCUA and associated rules
were created in May, 2001 to help manage water resources within the 15 county area
(General Statue 143-215-22H). Because limited information was available on agricultural
water use, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was
requested to collect information from farmers who withdraw 10,000 to 100,000 gallons in
any one day. The Department works cooperatively with USDA’s National Agricultural Statis-ics
Service on surveys such as this one. Individual responses remain confi dential and are
only used in combination with other reports to produce county totals.
Farmers who use over 100,000 gallons in any one day are required to report their
water usage directly to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Data for 2005 and 2006 were furnished by DENR and are summarized on the last page of
this report.
Of the farms surveyed in the 15 county area, 148 withdrew between 10,000 and
100,000 gallons of water in any one day in 2006 compared with 178 farms in 2005. Timely
rains in 2006 reduced the need for irrigation on some tobacco operations, while many
vegetable and nursery operations experienced increased water needs. Adequate rain in
the spring of 2005 reduced the need for crop irrigation. Drought conditions in the fall of
2005 are compared with a wet fall in 2004 which was the result of fi ve hurricanes, a tropical
storm, and overall soggy conditions. June was the largest water use month in 2006,
averaging 15.1 million gallons daily, with a maximum daily withdrawal of 16.3 million
gallons. July was the largest water use month in 2005, averaging 11.4 million gallons daily,
with a maximum daily withdrawal of 28.3 million gallons. The largest water use month in
2004 was July, averaging 20.5 million gallons daily, with a maximum daily withdrawal of
25.0 million gallons.
Contractors in the region were contacted by email and phone. In addition, a
questionnaire was mailed to operations which had previously reported, or had potential for,
large water usage in the 15 county area. Operations that did not respond were contacted
by telephone follow-up. For non-responses and refusals, the size and type of each
operation was reviewed in order to estimate the farm’s approximate water usage.
For each county, the total number of operations by type with total and average daily
withdrawal capacity was summarized by month. The type of operations will not add to the
total in all counties, because some operations had irrigated cropland and livestock. The
daily withdrawal capacity is the potential amount of ground and/or surface water that could
be utilized in a 24-hour period. In nearly all cases, this capacity was never met. Data was
not disclosed if there were less than three operations in any category or if one report
comprised 60 percent or more of the total.
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2006
Month # Operations Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 122 1,625,047 240,000 1,848,028 265,000
Feb 124 1,763,838 256,071 2,003,462 265,000
March 127 1,909,680 1,492,290 2,208,388 1,826,000
April 134 2,126,004 8,497,225 2,850,359 8,836,997
May 138 2,799,653 10,921,663 3,475,885 11,322,864
June 141 3,612,831 11,492,957 4,306,480 11,963,968
July 139 3,277,799 7,275,989 3,084,621 7,946,027
Aug 140 3,107,474 6,236,063 3,553,266 7,277,182
Sept 129 2,453,107 1,719,843 2,731,260 1,756,979
Oct 126 1,961,715 1,431,682 2,190,109 1,461,905
Nov 124 1,769,291 1,351,995 1,998,980 1,372,611
Dec 122 1,827,889 1,251,421 2,106,292 1,276,777
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
148 total operations 50,368,476 (gallons)
119 livestock
31 irrigation
4 aquaculture
2005
Month # Operations Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 136 2,102,295 544,887 2,453,284 1,210,767
Feb 137 2,276,519 616,347 2,485,017 1,050,000
March 139 2,320,766 1,521,819 2,725,235 3,433,333
April 150 2,646,487 3,225,304 3,040,914 6,148,673
May 155 3,215,669 4,077,375 3,629,800 8,947,536
June 166 3,966,204 6,061,902 4,608,145 17,434,831
July 172 4,409,018 6,961,180 4,874,112 23,471,700
Aug 169 3,645,882 6,761,011 4,334,365 22,808,887
Sept 151 3,148,523 3,162,559 3,712,293 5,710,330
Oct 147 2,520,077 2,661,986 2,899,419 5,677,271
Nov 139 2,268,928 1,612,280 2,596,201 2,166,000
Dec 137 2,284,835 1,527,195 2,631,587 2,130,000
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
178 total operations 48,407,532 (gallons)
130 livestock
43 irrigation
5 aquaculture
Central Coastal Plain Total Water Use by Month
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2004
Month # Operations Total
Avg Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 143 2,318,084 1,184,122 2,444,284 1,222,330
Feb 146 2,057,311 1,326,003 2,192,300 1,346,860
March 151 2,737,804 1,877,520 2,851,725 1,936,841
April 156 3,888,190 6,806,312 4,111,880 7,553,560
May 157 3,763,145 7,554,191 4,102,039 8,492,632
June 161 5,667,627 9,344,743 6,564,263 10,171,032
July 162 4,506,399 16,043,319 5,146,324 19,805,936
Aug 156 3,944,526 9,164,300 4,674,028 12,011,548
Sept 149 2,844,583 3,162,966 2,956,769 3,928,645
Oct 150 2,477,553 2,849,072 2,634,662 3,265,001
Nov 144 2,276,544 2,365,372 2,452,417 2,601,470
Dec 143 2,247,244 1,853,641 2,374,862 2,092,330
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
170 total operations 46,402,777 (gallons)
136 livestock
34 irrigation
4 aquaculture
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Craven - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan * * * * * * *
Feb * * * * * * *
March 3 13 * 138,684 * 160,114 *
April 5 18 * 125,073 * 149,073 *
May * * * * * * *
June 6 24 16 103,970 577,500 113,303 641,500
July 7 18 * 81,471 * 171,472 *
Aug 6 18 * 150,155 * 174,156 *
Sept * * * * * * *
Oct * * * * * * *
Nov * * * * * * *
Dec * * * * * * *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
5 total operations 1,794,823 (gallons)
5 livestock and irrigation
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Duplin - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 74 30 * 1,051,736 * 1,241,783 *
Feb 74 27 * 1,184,789 * 1,282,671 *
March 74 30 * 1,163,523 * 1,451,277 *
April 74 30 * 1,176,675 * 1,418,390 *
May 74 31 * 1,252,784 * 1,402,704 *
June 74 30 * 1,417,762 * 1,673,551 *
July 74 31 * 1,840,767 * 1,954,331 *
Aug 77 31 * 1,623,598 * 1,959,535 *
Sept 76 29 * 1,587,400 * 1,897,991 *
Oct 73 31 * 1,301,812 * 1,453,312 *
Nov 74 29 * 1,109,545 * 1,277,961 *
Dec 74 30 * 1,124,004 * 1,288,234 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
72 total operations 5,509,490 (gallons)
72 livestock
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Greene - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 9 31 * 287,776 * 322,708 *
Feb 9 28 * 306,840 * 327,716 *
March 10 31 * 300,191 * 324,066 *
April 10 30 * 282,163 * 308,387 *
May 11 31 * 287,520 * 314,463 *
June 12 30 * * * * *
July 11 31 * 327,111 * 354,477 *
Aug 11 31 * 315,875 * 349,272 *
Sept 11 30 * 319,437 * 341,969 *
Oct 10 31 * 292,277 * 320,148 *
Nov 10 30 * 293,652 * 318,826 *
Dec 10 31 * 301,125 * 323,401 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
14 total operations 1,991,828 (gallons)
10 livestock
4 irrigation and aquaculture
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Jones - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 9 31 * 128,283 * 158,738 *
Feb 9 28 * 139,387 * 152,942 *
March 9 31 * 123,115 * 150,258 *
April 9 30 * 127,000 * 147,443 *
May 9 31 * 169,533 * 172,754 *
June 9 30 * 180,699 * 214,909 *
July 9 31 * 262,969 * 281,234 *
Aug 9 31 * 203,997 * 264,371 *
Sept 9 30 * 176,203 * 209,971 *
Oct 9 31 * 192,445 * 203,314 *
Nov 9 30 * 167,589 * 193,552 *
Dec 9 31 * 170,103 * 206,538 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
9 total operations 356,973 (gallons)
9 livestock
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Lenoir- Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan * * * * * * *
Feb * * * * * * *
March 3 31 * 45,226 * 47,397 *
April * * * * * * *
May 9 22 * 613,996 * 618,183 *
June 9 22 * 823,615 * 824,240 *
July 9 22 * 834,920 * 876,769 *
Aug * * * * * * *
Sept 5 28 * 64,133 * 111,544 *
Oct 5 28 * 62,012 * 107,661 *
Nov 3 30 * 50,497 * 55,460 *
Dec 3 31 * 48,519 * 54,515 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
4 total operations 4,901,000 (gallons)
4 livestock and irrigation
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Pitt - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 8 31 * 52,477 * 53,378 *
Feb 8 28 * 61,714 * 61,794 *
March 8 31 * 70,690 * 71,178 *
April 8 30 * 58,210 * 58,303 *
May 9 31 * 56,717 * 58,876 *
June 10 28 * 164,279 * 166,776 *
July 13 27 9 90,471 807,294 95,418 2,288,140
Aug 12 27 10 82,971 478,634 87,328 1,464,279
Sept 8 30 * 77,266 * 79,300 *
Oct 8 31 * 57,323 * 57,811 *
Nov 9 30 * 59,703 * 59,704 *
Dec 8 31 * 63,448 * 63,937 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
13 total operations 2,158,019 (gallons)
6 livestock
7 irrigation and aquaculture
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Washington - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 8 31 * 86,061 * 86,069 *
Feb 8 28 * 92,343 * 92,343 *
March 8 31 * 113,179 * 113,187 *
April 8 30 * 84,663 * 84,663 *
May 8 31 * 86,735 * 86,743 *
June 8 30 * 114,123 * 114,123 *
July 8 31 * 108,274 * 108,282 *
Aug 8 31 * 128,470 * 128,478 *
Sept 8 30 * 159,408 * 159,408 *
Oct 8 31 * 93,379 * 93,387 *
Nov 8 30 * 91,839 * 91,839 *
Dec 8 31 * 87,816 * 87,824 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
8 total operations 172,866 (gallons)
8 livestock
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Wayne - Water Use by Month 2005
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 15 31 * 255,414 * 284,755 *
Feb 15 28 * 264,067 * 296,372 *
March 15 31 * 282,823 * 298,205 *
April 17 30 * 271,233 * 310,352 *
May 17 31 * 293,865 * 371,912 *
June 19 30 * 434,897 * 463,055 *
July 19 31 * 406,932 * 505,002 *
Aug 17 31 * 383,632 * 477,873 *
Sept 16 30 * 420,345 * 489,203 *
Oct 16 31 * 274,729 * 327,783 *
Nov 15 30 * 269,996 * 318,055 *
Dec 15 31 * 308,318 * 366,210 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
16 total operations 1,564,920 (gallons)
16 livestock and aquaculture
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Other Counties - Water Use by Month 20051
Month # Operations Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 10 184,368 544,887 248,058 1,210,767
Feb 11 168,207 616,347 209,313 1,050,000
March 6 28,594 1,521,818 52,057 3,433,333
April 16 409,990 3,225,304 422,684 6,148,673
May 15 339,334 4,077,375 416,374 8,947,536
June 16 619,450 5,484,402 918,088 16,793,331
July 19 341,256 6,153,885 381,178 21,183,560
Aug 26 646,139 6,282,376 700,814 21,344,608
Sept 15 236,020 3,162,559 290,436 5,710,329
Oct 15 157,408 2,661,986 212,978 5,677,271
Nov 8 166,414 1,612,280 216,500 2,166,000
Dec 7 122,920 1,527,195 177,753 2,130,000
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
33 total operations 29,493,933 (gallons)
3 livestock and aquaculture
30 irrigation
1 Other Counties include all data for Beaufort, Carteret, Edgecombe, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, and Wilson as well as non-disclosed
data from the published counties.
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Central Coastal Plain Water-Usage Surface
Central Coastal Plain Water-Usage Ground
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
2004 Total Avg. Daily-Ground 2005 Total Avg. Daily-Ground
2006 Total Avg. Daily-Ground
Jan March May July Sept Nov
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
16,000,000
Jan March May July Sept Nov
2004 Total Avg. Daily-Surface 2005 Total Avg. Daily-Surface
2006 Total Avg. Daily-Surface
(Gallons)
(Gallons)
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Beaufort - Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 3 31 * 54,435 * 54,536 *
Feb 3 28 * 59,854 * 60,862 *
March 3 31 * 53,729 * 53,885 *
April 3 30 * 57,733 * 58,186 *
May 3 31 * 59,929 * 73,092 *
June * 30 * * * * *
July 3 31 * 75,568 * 89,944 *
Aug 3 31 * 74,610 * 94,493 *
Sept 3 30 * 67,947 * 75,779 *
Oct 3 31 * 62,652 * 72,579 *
Nov 3 30 * 61,520 * 72,530 *
Dec 3 31 * 57,648 * 74,333 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
3 total operations 43,680 (gallons)
3 livestock and irrigation
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Duplin - Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 70 30 * 917,298 * 1,085,050 *
Feb 70 28 * 1,015,027 * 1,169,835 *
March 70 30 * 1,074,485 * 1,338,801 *
April 70 30 * 1,071,207 * 1,288,688 *
May 70 31 * 1,133,097 * 1,275,547 *
June 71 30 * 1,373,402 * 1,555,663 *
July 71 31 * 1,634,169 * 1,736,757 *
Aug 71 30 * 1,478,702 * 1,751,326 *
Sept 71 30 * 1,373,913 * 1,588,331 *
Oct 70 31 * 1,125,791 * 1,258,856 *
Nov 70 29 * 981,791 * 1,126,313 *
Dec 70 30 * 991,259 * 1,148,148 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
71 total operations 3,629,249 (gallons)
68 livestock
3 irrigation
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Greene - Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 7 31 * 86,378 * 98,452 *
Feb 7 29 * 92,460 * 104,572 *
March 7 31 * 97,892 * 101,061 *
April 8 27 * 385,135 * 390,349 *
May 8 28 * 391,347 * 401,152 *
June 8 27 * 447,399 * 595,601 *
July 7 31 * 125,303 * 134,085 *
Aug 7 31 * 123,824 * 146,283 *
Sept 7 30 * 127,234 * 131,855 *
Oct 7 31 * 94,265 * 99,930 *
Nov 7 30 * 92,500 * 98,056 *
Dec 7 31 * 100,162 * 105,191 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
8 total operations 3,786,966 (gallons)
9 livestock and irrigation
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Jones - Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 9 31 * 118,518 * 120,664 *
Feb 9 28 * 116,477 * 125,293 *
March 9 31 * 147,480 * 147,852 *
April 9 30 * 131,590 * 133,408 *
May 9 31 * 139,629 * 143,968 *
June 9 30 * 218,011 * 218,062 *
July 9 31 * 195,933 * 200,520 *
Aug 9 31 * 195,882 * 204,652 *
Sept 9 30 * 205,530 * 205,540 *
Oct 9 31 * 143,387 * 145,509 *
Nov 9 30 * 144,660 * 148,575 *
Dec 9 31 * 168,033 * 168,200 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
9 total operations 304,658 (gallons)
9 livestock
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Pitt - Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 4 31 * 43,337 * 44,748 *
Feb 4 28 * 45,530 * 47,034 *
March 4 31 * 49,774 * 50,278 *
April 4 30 * 53,367 * 53,370 *
May 4 31 * 50,897 * 53,286 *
June 5 28 * 138,280 * 140,723 *
July 4 31 * 61,213 * 66,926 *
Aug 4 31 * 64,219 * 68,669 *
Sept 4 30 * 65,793 * 67,807 *
Oct 4 31 * 45,681 * 50,708 *
Nov 4 30 * 40,947 * 43,467 *
Dec 3 31 * 37,300 * 40,850 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
5 total operations 421,112 (gallons)
5 livestock and aquaculture
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Washington - Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 8 31 * 75,340 * 75,347 *
Feb 8 28 * 72,217 * 77,383 *
March 8 31 * 84,429 * 84,437 *
April 8 30 * 62,914 * 62,921 *
May 8 31 * 63,977 * 63,986 *
June 8 30 * 117,539 * 117,546 *
July 8 31 * 101,061 * 101,069 *
Aug 8 31 * 121,397 * 121,404 *
Sept 8 30 * 158,980 * 158,987 *
Oct 8 31 * 93,513 * 93,521 *
Nov 8 30 * 74,478 * 74,485 *
Dec 8 31 * 90,661 * 90,671 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
8 total operations 169,003 (gallons)
8 livestock
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
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Wayne- Water Use by Month 2006
Month # Operations Avg. # Days
Ground
Avg. # Days
Surface
Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 14 31 * 234,562 * 261,546 *
Feb 14 28 * 262,027 * 296,996 *
March 14 31 * 279,986 * 283,746 *
April 14 30 * 276,658 * 340,353 *
May 14 31 * 288,231 * 347,539 *
June 14 30 * 429,469 * 458,044 *
July 14 31 * 356,148 * 438,223 *
Aug 14 31 * 339,727 * 444,308 *
Sept 14 30 * 339,557 * 376,801 *
Oct 14 31 * 276,342 * 329,813 *
Nov 14 30 * 262,742 * 311,115 *
Dec 14 31 * 277,596 * 315,609 *
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl. ground and surface):
14 total operations 1,152,920 (gallons)
14 livestock
* disclosure - one operation is greater than 60% of total OR less than 3 operations
Other Counties - Water Use by Month 2006 1
Month # Operations Total
Avg. Daily
Ground
Total
Avg. Daily
Surface
Total
Max Daily
Ground
Total
Max Daily
Surface
(gallons) (gallons) (gallons) (gallons)
Jan 7 95,177 240,000 107,685 265,000
Feb 9 100,247 256,071 121,487 265,000
March 12 121,905 1,492,290 148,328 1,826,000
April 18 87,400 8,497,226 581,270 8,836,997
May 22 672,544 10,921,663 1,190,407 11,322,864
June 26 888,731 11,492,957 1,220,841 11,963,968
July 23 728,404 7,275,989 731,709 7,946,027
Aug 24 709,113 6,236,063 722,131 7,277,182
Sept 13 114,153 1,719,842 126,160 1,756,979
Oct 11 120,085 1,431,682 139,193 1,461,905
Nov 9 110,653 1,351,995 124,439 1,372,611
Dec 8 105,229 1,251,421 163,290 1,276,777
Operations: Daily Withdrawal Capacity (incl.ground and surface):
30 total operations 42,884,888 (gallons)
6 livestock
26 irrigation and aquaculture
1 Other counties include all data for Carteret, Craven, Edgecombe, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, and Wilson as well as
non-disclosed data from the published counties.
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Water Use Exceeding 100,000 Gallons Per Day1
(permit required)
Farmers that use in excess of 100,000 gallons of ground water in any one day are required to obtain
a permit from the Department of Environment and to obtain a permit from the Department of Envi-ronment
and Natural Resources.
Permits Issued 2006:
26 aquaculture operations with 37,397,440 gallons per day permitted capacity and withdrawals
totaling 1,391,021,700 gallons reported in 2006.
25 agricultural irrigation operations2 with 32,694,021 gallons per day permitted capacity and with-drawals
totaling 459,314,578 gallons reported in 2006.
Permits Issued 2005:
26 aquaculture operations with 37,397,440 gallons per day permitted capacity and withdrawals
totaling 1,553,136,275 gallons reported in 2005.
25 agricultural irrigation operations2 with 32,694,021 gallons per day permitted capacity and with-drawals
totaling 575,733,171 gallons reported in 2005.
1 Data supplied by Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The data is for calendar
years 2006 and 2005.
2 Includes operations with a combination of irrigation, aquaculture, and/or livestock.
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WASHINGTON
DUPLIN
COLUMBUS
ONSLOW
HARNETT
CUMBERLAND
NEW
HANOVER
BLADEN
SAMPSON
PENDER
BRUNSWICK
WILSON
WAYNE
LENOIR
CARTERET
PAMLICO
CRAVEN
JONES
PITT
BEAUFORT
HYDE
TYRRELL
DARE
MARTIN
BERTIE
GATES
HALIFAX
NORTHAMPTON
HERTFORD
CHOWAN
PASQUOTANK
PERQUIMANS
CAMDEN
CURRITUCK
WARREN
GRANVILLE
VANCE
GREENE
EDGECOMBE
NASH
FRANKLIN
JOHNSTON
WAKE
The Central Coastal Plain Water Use Area (CCPCUA)
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