SOURCE: Department of Water Resources, California Water Plan Update 2018 (Public Review Draft).

NOTES: The figure shows applied water use. The statewide average for 1998‒2015 was 77.2 maf. Environment (38.3 maf average) includes water for “wild and scenic” rivers, required Delta outflow, instream flows, and managed wetlands. Urban (7.9 maf) includes residential, commercial, and industrial uses; and large landscapes. Agriculture (31 maf) includes water for crop production. Net water use—i.e., the volume consumed by people or plants, embodied in manufactured goods, evaporated, or discharged to saline waters—is lower. The figure excludes water used to actively recharge groundwater basins (3% for urban and 1% for agriculture on average), conveyance losses (3% for urban and 8% for agriculture), and water used for energy production (less than 2% of urban use).