| Table 1. Municipal water use in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties from 1930 to 1995
[Data compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey. The West Palm Beach system is a surface-water source. The dashes indicate that year is unknown.
OL indicates that the municipality/utility system was offline for the year indicated]
|
|
Municipality/utility system
|
Year in service
|
Water withdrawals (million gallons per day)
|
|
1930
|
1940
|
1950
|
1965
|
1970
|
1980
|
1985
|
1990
|
1995
|
|
Miami-Dade County
|
|
Miami Dade (Miami-Hialeah)
|
--
|
65.0
|
77.3
|
134.2
|
134.2
|
137.0
|
161.6
|
68.5
|
63.6
|
123.3
|
|
Homestead
|
--
|
|
.5
|
2.7
|
2.9
|
3.4
|
5.0
|
6.9
|
5.8
|
6.4
|
|
Miami Dade (Alexander Orr)
|
1949
|
|
|
54.8
|
54.8
|
54.8
|
54.8
|
54.8
|
54.8
|
68.5
|
|
North Miami Beach
|
--
|
|
|
.7
|
11.4
|
17.9
|
26.0
|
16.4
|
15.3
|
15.4
|
|
Opa-Locka
|
--
|
|
|
.4
|
1.2
|
2.3
|
3.7
|
3.3
|
OL
|
OL
|
|
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
|
1952
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
5.5
|
8.6
|
11.3
|
12.1
|
14.1
|
|
Miami Dade (Southwest/Preston)
|
1953
|
|
|
|
13.7
|
20.5
|
41.9
|
54.8
|
82.2
|
95.9
|
|
Miami Dade (Leisure City)
|
1954
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
3.4
|
3.3
|
3.5
|
|
North Miami
|
1963
|
|
|
|
6.4
|
9.4
|
12.4
|
7.6
|
6.6
|
7.2
|
|
Miami Dade
(South Miami Heights)
|
--
|
|
|
|
13.7
|
13.7
|
23.6
|
1.4
|
OL
|
OL
|
|
Florida City
|
--
|
|
|
|
.3
|
.5
|
.9
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
2.3
|
|
Miami Dade (Newton)
|
1970
|
|
|
|
|
1.9
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
1.9
|
1.6
|
|
Miami Dade (Snapper Creek)
|
1976
|
|
|
|
|
|
37.2
|
35.6
|
11.0
|
13.7
|
|
Miami Dade (Northwest)
|
1980
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
95.9
|
95.9
|
41.1
|
|
Miami Dade (Everglades)
|
1981
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.3
|
.1
|
.5
|
|
Miami Dade (Water Tank)
|
1982
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
1.7
|
.2
|
|
Miami Dade (Point Royal)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.3
|
OL
|
OL
|
|
Miami Dade (Bel-Aire)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.1
|
OL
|
OL
|
|
Broward County
|
|
Fort Lauderdale
(Dixie and Prospect)
|
--
|
.6
|
1.9
|
6.8
|
28.6
|
40.7
|
48.4
|
47.3
|
48.3
|
48.7
|
|
Hollywood
|
1936
|
|
.5
|
4.1
|
7.0
|
13.6
|
20.0
|
19.1
|
18.0
|
19.3
|
|
Margate
|
--
|
|
|
1.9
|
2.7
|
3.6
|
6.8
|
6.2
|
7.0
|
8.3
|
|
Deerfield Beach
|
--
|
|
|
.3
|
2.6
|
4.1
|
8.8
|
8.6
|
9.2
|
11.0
|
|
Dania
|
--
|
|
|
.5
|
1.0
|
1.7
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
2.5
|
|
Hallandale
|
1951
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
3.4
|
5.8
|
5.6
|
3.7
|
3.5
|
|
Pompano Beach
|
1952
|
|
|
|
8.1
|
14.0
|
22.0
|
19.3
|
13.9
|
16.2
|
|
Hillsboro Beach
|
1952
|
|
|
|
.8
|
.8
|
1.0
|
.9
|
.8
|
.9
|
|
Broadview Park Water
|
1955
|
|
|
|
.4
|
.5
|
.6
|
.6
|
.6
|
OL
|
|
Miramar
|
1955
|
|
|
|
1.2
|
2.0
|
2.9
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.2
|
|
Pembroke Pines
|
1957
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
3.0
|
4.8
|
4.3
|
6.3
|
9.3
|
|
Broward County (System 1B)
|
1957
|
|
|
|
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
0.0
|
2.3
|
OL
|
|
Broward County
(Broadview Utilities)
|
1957
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
.1
|
.5
|
.5
|
.7
|
OL
|
|
Lauderhill
|
1959
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
3.0
|
6.4
|
6.8
|
7.1
|
7.4
|
|
Davie
|
1959
|
|
|
|
.5
|
1.0
|
1.5
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
3.0
|
|
Plantation
|
--
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
4.1
|
5.5
|
8.2
|
9.0
|
13.9
|
|
Broward County (System 1A)
|
--
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
5.5
|
5.8
|
7.7
|
7.4
|
9.3
|
|
Oakland Park
|
--
|
|
|
|
2.2
|
2.4
|
2.7
|
3.0
|
4.1
|
4.4
|
|
Coral Springs
|
1967
|
|
|
|
|
.4
|
3.0
|
4.1
|
6.2
|
7.2
|
|
Ferncrest Utilities
|
1967
|
|
|
|
|
.3
|
.4
|
.5
|
.8
|
.8
|
|
Tamarac
|
1969
|
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
4.9
|
4.9
|
4.5
|
5.6
|
|
Municipality/utility system
|
Year in service
|
Water withdrawals (million gallons per day)
|
|
1930
|
1940
|
1950
|
1965
|
1970
|
1980
|
1985
|
1990
|
1995
|
|
Coral Springs Improvement District
|
1972
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.3
|
2.7
|
3.6
|
4.1
|
|
Cooper City
|
1974
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.3
|
1.7
|
2.4
|
3.5
|
|
Cooper City (East)
|
1974
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
|
North Lauderdale
|
1975
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.2
|
2.4
|
2.7
|
3.0
|
|
Cooper City (West)
|
1977
|
|
|
|
|
|
.3
|
.7
|
1.5
|
2.4
|
|
Broward County (System 3B)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
3.4
|
.2
|
2.2
|
|
Broward County (System 3C)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
.1
|
.5
|
.5
|
OL
|
|
Broward County (District 2A)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
12.0
|
11.4
|
14.5
|
|
Broward County (District 3A)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.6
|
|
Sunrise (Well Field II)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
2.1
|
4.4
|
6.4
|
|
Parkland Utilities
|
1980
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.1
|
.2
|
.2
|
|
South Broward Utilities
|
1983
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.5
|
.7
|
|
North Springs Improvement District
|
1984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
.6
|
1.4
|
|
Palm Beach County
|
|
West Palm Beach
|
--
|
3.8
|
4.1
|
6.8
|
13.7
|
16.4
|
23.3
|
23.3
|
23.1
|
25.2
|
|
Boca Raton
|
1941
|
|
|
.7
|
3.0
|
10.8
|
24.0
|
33.2
|
32.4
|
35.9
|
|
Delray Beach
|
1944
|
|
|
1.4
|
3.0
|
5.4
|
12.0
|
10.2
|
10.9
|
12.2
|
|
Boynton Beach
|
1946
|
|
|
.5
|
3.0
|
3.6
|
7.9
|
8.8
|
10.2
|
8.8
|
|
Lake Worth Utilities
|
1946
|
|
|
4.1
|
3.8
|
4.3
|
6.4
|
6.6
|
6.1
|
7.2
|
|
Manalapan
|
--
|
|
|
.3
|
0.4
|
0.5
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
|
Lantana
|
1953
|
|
|
.3
|
2.0
|
1.3
|
1.8
|
1.7
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
|
Seacoast Utilities (Richard Road)
|
1956
|
|
|
|
.0
|
2.7
|
4.4
|
2.0
|
3.6
|
2.7
|
|
Palm Springs Village
|
1957
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
1.6
|
2.9
|
3.8
|
3.8
|
4.0
|
|
Meadowbrook Utility
|
1958
|
|
|
|
.2
|
.3
|
.6
|
.7
|
.4
|
OL
|
|
Riviera Beach (Main System)
|
1959
|
|
|
|
2.5
|
3.7
|
6.5
|
7.1
|
7.9
|
8.8
|
|
Seacoast Utilities (Hood Road)
|
1959
|
|
|
|
.0
|
4.1
|
5.8
|
8.0
|
9.3
|
4.2
|
|
Village of Tequesta
|
1960
|
|
|
|
.0
|
.0
|
.0
|
1.2
|
1.0
|
1.4
|
|
Mangonia
|
1961
|
|
|
|
.3
|
.3
|
.4
|
.3
|
.3
|
.3
|
|
Consolidated Utility (Grammercy Park)
|
1962
|
|
|
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
|
Seacoast Utilities (Lilac Street)
|
1963
|
|
|
|
.0
|
1.4
|
2.0
|
1.4
|
1.5
|
9.7
|
|
National Mobile Industries
(Lake Worth Village)
|
--
|
|
|
|
.1
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
.2
|
|
Atlantis Utilities
|
1966
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
OL
|
OL
|
.1
|
.6
|
.7
|
.7
|
OL
|
|
Century Utilities
|
1968
|
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
.8
|
.8
|
|
Palm Beach County (System 9)
|
1970
|
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
5.5
|
7.0
|
8.9
|
11.0
|
|
Jupiter
|
1970
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.4
|
6.2
|
9.4
|
11.5
|
|
Highlands Beach
|
1971
|
|
|
|
|
|
.8
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
1.1
|
|
Village of Golf
|
1971
|
|
|
|
|
|
.3
|
.3
|
.3
|
.4
|
|
ACME Development Company
(Wellington)
|
1972
|
|
|
|
|
|
.9
|
1.7
|
2.9
|
4.0
|
|
Royal Palm Beach
|
1972
|
|
|
|
|
|
.5
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
2.2
|
|
Palm Beach County
(System 1 and 8)
|
1976
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
6.7
|
8.8
|
11.3
|
|
Palm Beach County (System 2)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.2
|
1.8
|
5.1
|
7.4
|
|
Palm Beach County (System 3)
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.7
|
2.1
|
4.0
|
4.7
|
|
Total water use
|
|
69.5
|
84.4
|
220.5
|
348.1
|
439.9
|
679.3
|
688.8
|
703.2
|
789.6
|
