COUNTY GROUND WATER PRODUCTION

Year (July 1-June 30) * Production 1954-55 148,224 1955-56 154,677 1956-57 186,032 1957-58 160,258 1958-59 208,571 1959-60 207,448 1960-61 226,025 1961-62 177,172 1962-63 186,093 1963-64 188,603 1964-65 179,798 1965-66 182,172 1966-67 169,375 1967-68 193,656 1968-69 178,798 1969-70 194,379 1970-71 203,923 1971-72 229,048 1972-73 214,983 1973-74 218,863 1974-75 225,597 1975-76 245,456 1976-77 243,511 1977-78 188,407 1978-79 213,290 1979-80 221,453 1980-81 228,943 1981-82 244,184 1982-83 249,548 1983-84 223,207 1984-85 252,070 1985-86 270,900 1986-87 276,400 AVERAGE 208,820

* In acre-feet (one acre-foot is 43,560 cubic feet, the quantity of water that would cover one acre to the depth of one foot. An average family of four uses about one acre-foot of water in a year).

Source: Water Advisory Committee of Orange County; Orange County Water District.