Table 23. Farms Using Recycled or Reclaimed Water: 2013 and 2008 
[Excludes institutional, research, and experimental farms. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols see introductory text] 
Geographic area 
Recycled water used ' 
Reclaimed water 
Acres in the open 
Area under protection 
Acres in the open 
Area under protection 
Total 
acre-feet 
applied 
Source of reclaimed water 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Farms 
Square 
feet 
Farms 
Acres 
irrigated 
Farms 
Square 
feet 
Municipal 
Industrial 
On-farm 
livestock 
operation 
Off-farm 
livestock 
operation 
Other 
United States 2013 
5,718 
1,080,526 
535 
164,777,627 
2,323 
309,075 
216 
6,739,618 
341 ,784 
766 
56 
962 
159 
557 
2008'* 
10,898 
1,850,551 
827 
222,018,512 
3,387 
711,933 
48 
2,432,209 
635,035 
586 
165 
1,327 
211 
1,192 
2013 DATA 
Alabama 
22 
660 
4 
842,400 
26 
420 
_ 
_ 
180 
12 
_ 
6 
_ 
_ 
Alaska 
- 
- 
4 
8,404 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Arizona 
155 
12,513 
2 
(D) 
79 
15,092 
- 
- 
48,401 
32 
9 
- 
- 
48 
Arkansas 
667 
388,239 
4 
2,000,000 
30 
2,606 
6 
255,168 
3,130 
6 
- 
24 
- 
6 
California 
876 
312,954 
36 
26,499,723 
344 
104,710 
37 
1,060,622 
151,386 
112 
5 
197 
- 
46 
Colorado 
102 
19,477 
_ 
_ 
99 
10,918 
_ 
_ 
1,449 
8 
_ 
7 
85 
20 
Connecticut 
1 
(D) 
9 
320,003 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
4 
280 
- 
- 
166 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Florida 
182 
29,761 
79 
5,451,979 
69 
14,434 
30 
1,576,320 
10,812 
24 
8 
54 
- 
8 
Georgia 
133 
11,682 
9 
299,450 
50 
4,245 
- 
- 
543 
- 
- 
41 
4 
5 
Hawaii 
22 
72 
_ 
_ 
38 
544 
25 
2,017,520 
598 
41 
_ 
_ 
_ 
17 
Idaho 
99 
17,929 
9 
1,568,160 
57 
13,783 
- 
- 
12,868 
21 
1 
4 
- 
31 
Illinois 
73 
2,426 
14 
96,250 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Indiana 
63 
1,225 
12 
241,200 
8 
1,190 
- 
- 
492 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
Iowa 
10 
130 
- 
- 
17 
1,547 
5 
103,800 
533 
11 
- 
10 
- 
1 
Kansas 
83 
5,525 
12 
2,900,800 
76 
3,542 
_ 
_ 
1,814 
34 
_ 
41 
1 
_ 
Kentucky 
53 
1,215 
15 
112,615 
4 
346 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Louisiana 
123 
35,389 
11 
450,400 
21 
3,341 
17 
403,200 
1,292 
1 
- 
12 
- 
8 
Maine 
39 
(D) 
- 
- 
3 
150 
8 
32,000 
23 
8 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Maryland 
38 
733 
9 
1,435,000 
7 
710 
- 
- 
80 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
Massachusetts 
174 
8,245 
21 
330,600 
7 
14 
_ 
14 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Michigan 
38 
2,615 
38 
5,409,200 
21 
3,352 
5 
5,000 
999 
6 
6 
14 
- 
6 
Minnesota 
30 
2,747 
5 
810,000 
5 
1,188 
- 
- 
627 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Mississippi 
159 
14,417 
- 
- 
25 
1,895 
- 
- 
1,551 
- 
- 
25 
- 
- 
Missouri 
27 
7,145 
7 
42,960 
14 
1,185 
- 
- 
415 
2 
- 
12 
- 
- 
Montana 
30 
1 1 ,585 
_ 
_ 
29 
3,089 
_ 
_ 
1,840 
19 
_ 
5 
4 
1 
Nebraska 
777 
42,041 
- 
- 
97 
10,160 
- 
- 
8,213 
- 
- 
83 
14 
- 
Nevada 
87 
7,839 
- 
- 
8 
4,260 
- 
- 
7,486 
5 
- 
- 
3 
- 
New Hampshire 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
New Jersey 
32 
1,662 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
New Mexico 
215 
5,217 
_ 
_ 
63 
5,772 
_ 
_ 
6,292 
27 
_ 
12 
_ 
24 
New York 
10 
(D) 
12 
13,093,050 
11 
11 
5 
150,000 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
North Carolina 
173 
9,808 
6 
15,928,360 
246 
18,042 
7 
12,600 
7,214 
9 
- 
223 
19 
2 
North Dakota 
3 
270 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ohio 
67 
2,942 
28 
4,284,614 
1 
(D) 
5 
750,000 
15 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Oklahoma 
9 
1,912 
2 
(D) 
18 
2,205 
_ 
_ 
540 
13 
10 
5 
_ 
_ 
Oregon 
262 
22,837 
37 
13,991,020 
159 
16,672 
- 
- 
22,761 
96 
- 
34 
3 
26 
Pennsylvania 
48 
1,863 
15 
53,724 
36 
788 
6 
8,640 
353 
6 
2 
34 
- 
- 
Rhode Island 
12 
137 
- 
- 
23 
47 
23 
130,100 
23 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
66 
3,062 
16 
112,800 
16 
860 
5 
17,000 
266 
8 
- 
8 
- 
5 
South Dakota 
2 
(D) 
_ 
6 
3,670 
_ 
1,627 
_ 
_ 
4 
_ 
3 
Tennessee 
37 
696 
26 
1,499,320 
16 
(D) 
12 
146,000 
48 
14 
- 
9 
- 
- 
Texas 
412 
38,805 
43 
54,083,393 
277 
20,858 
8 
5,600 
9,258 
40 
- 
18 
5 
222 
Utah 
39 
9,468 
- 
- 
249 
16,338 
- 
- 
17,046 
143 
- 
29 
21 
56 
Vermont 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Virginia 
56 
2,724 
44 
5,960,814 
9 
2,338 
7 
6,048 
(D) 
9 
_ 
7 
_ 
2 
Washington 
36 
7,994 
- 
- 
24 
10,288 
- 
- 
12,234 
- 
3 
15 
- 
6 
West Virginia 
9 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wisconsin 
112 
16,879 
4 
18,000 
12 
1,285 
5 
60,000 
887 
5 
12 
- 
- 
- 
Wyoming 
46 
14,654 
- 
- 
18 
6,386 
- 
- 
6,542 
- 
- 
4 
- 
14 
Water Resources Regions 
Region 01 New England 
227 
9,575 
30 
650,603 
33 
211 
31 
162,100 
60 
38 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
Region 02 Mid-Atlantic 
138 
6,545 
55 
7,899,342 
57 
2,414 
6 
8,640 
679 
18 
2 
43 
- 
2 
Region 03 South Atlantic-Gulf 
648 
58,169 
127 
22,024,603 
417 
40,448 
35 
1,593,320 
20,673 
46 
8 
350 
23 
20 
Region 04 Great Lakes 
80 
5,223 
64 
22,614,120 
31 
3,757 
10 
155,000 
1,038 
11 
8 
17 
- 
6 
Region 05 Ohio 
224 
3,667 
67 
2,012,061 
15 
1,531 
7 
806,000 
625 
7 
- 
15 
- 
- 
Region 06 Tennessee 
4 
48 
2 
(D) 
15 
41 
24 
108,648 
52 
26 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Region 07 Upper Mississippi 
212 
22,117 
23 
924,250 
19 
2,757 
5 
60,000 
1,528 
11 
10 
3 
- 
- 
Region 08 Lower Mississippi 
832 
408,564 
15 
2,450,400 
52 
5,817 
17 
403,200 
5,174 
- 
- 
38 
- 
14 
Region 09 Souris-Red-Rainy 
3 
1,200 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Region 10 Missouri 
955 
72,292 
11 
63,760 
284 
31,488 
5 
103,800 
19,223 
37 
- 
160 
83 
11 
Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red .... 
166 
48,905 
10 
9,120,908 
80 
8,524 
6 
255,168 
3,956 
56 
10 
24 
6 
_ 
Region 12 Texas-Gulf 
391 
27,653 
43 
54,083,393 
274 
19,783 
8 
5,600 
9,094 
41 
- 
19 
- 
222 
Region 13 Rio Grande 
186 
3,357 
- 
- 
30 
2,880 
- 
- 
3,738 
24 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Region 14 Upper Colorado 
47 
15,516 
- 
- 
31 
6,880 
- 
- 
1,800 
8 
- 
- 
20 
23 
Region 1 5 Lower Colorado 
232 
13,277 
2 
(D) 
107 
15,732 
- 
- 
49,965 
36 
9 
- 
- 
72 
Region 1 6 Great Basin 
64 
16,047 
_ 
_ 
245 
20,350 
_ 
23,712 
136 
29 
24 
56 
Region 1 7 Pacific Northwest 
389 
51,505 
46 
15,559,180 
233 
33,858 
- 
- 
36,897 
118 
4 
46 
3 
62 
Region 18 California 
898 
316,794 
36 
26,499,723 
362 
112,060 
37 
1,060,622 
162,972 
112 
5 
209 
- 
52 
Region 19 Alaska 
- 
- 
4 
8,404 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Region 20 Hawaii 
22 
72 
- 
- 
38 
544 
25 
2,017,520 
598 
41 
- 
- 
- 
17 
' Amount of recycled water applied was not collected. 
^ Respondents could report more than one source of reclaimed water. 
^ Respondents reported reclaimed water for the operation and if acres in the open and square feet under protection were reported on the operation 
2008 data do not include non-horticultural field crops and pasture acreage on horticulture operations. 
88 2013 FRIS - Entire Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
