Water Resources Management By Sector
| Water withdrawal per sector in 2005 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withdrawal | Freshwater | Groundwater | Total | % | ||||
| hm³ | acre feet | hm³ | acre feet | hm³ | acre feet | |||
| Agriculture (a) | 39,545.0 | 32,059,700 | 19,176.0 | 15,546,200 | 58,721.3 | 47,606,100 | 76.8 | |
| Domestic | 3,879.0 | 3,144,800 | 6,824.5 | 5,532,700 | 10,703.5 | 8,677,500 | 14.0 | |
| Industrial (d) | 5,347.2 | 4,335,000 | 1,736.4 | 1,407,700 | 7,083.6 | 5,742,800 | 9.3 | |
| Total | 48,771.5 | 39,539,700 | 27,736.9 | 22,486,700 | 76,508.4 | 62,026,400 | 100 | |
| Source: CONAGUA
(a) Including livestock and aquaculture (b) Including hydropower |
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