Summary Reports

Abbreviation Definitions

GLSW (Great Lakes surface water): the Great Lakes, their connecting channels (the St. Clair River, the Detroit River, the Niagara River and the St. Marys River), and the St. Lawrence River

Other surface water (OSW): tributary streams, lakes, ponds, and reservoirs within the Great Lakes basin

Groundwater (GW): all subsurface water

2022 Great Lakes Basin Summary Report of Water Use by Jurisdiction

JurisdictionWithdrawalsDiversionsConsumptive Use
GLSWOSWGWTotalIntrabasinInterbasin
Illinois1,299.1500.081,299.230965.380.11
Indiana1,303.5989.1493.011,485.74081.63294.88
Michigan6,490.09881.875527,923.960.050492.03
Minnesota123.023,593.384.843,721.24013.0820.29
New York2,184,725.1282,204.3732.712,266,962.2044.76245.5
Ohio646.58422.3379.121,148.030-24.87128.39
Ontario149,109.52124,119.91323.73273,553.16-0-3,830.71403.7
Pennsylvania25.092.362.5329.98003.16
Quebec736.1384.9877.251,198.33010.57219.87
Wisconsin3,423.83279.76112.923,816.5100.96120.03
Total:2,347,882.08211,978.11,278.22,561,138.380.05-2,739.21,927.97

2022 Great Lakes Basin Summary Report of Water Use by Sector

SectorWithdrawalsDiversionsConsumptive Use
GLSWOSWGWTotalIntrabasinInterbasin
Public Water Supply3,836.56840.82492.285,169.660.05866.9619.22
Self-Supply Commercial and Institutional7.0563.37.4677.8101.8312.37
Self-Supply Irrigation2.92128.58311.64443.1400.05390.14
Self-Supply Livestock0112.4161.05173.460-0.1914.73
Self-Supply Industrial2,091.751,764.67378.464,234.88037.68532.72
Self-Supply Thermoelectric Power (Once-through cooling)21,374.236,026.751.2827,402.2600247.51
Self-Supply Thermoelectric Power (Recirculated cooling)616.0243.244.15663.40068.63
Off-Stream Hydroelectric Power Production01,688.7201,688.72000
In-Stream Hydroelectric Water Use2,319,767.2200,550.5802,520,317.780-3,830.710
Self-Supply - Other186.35759.0421.89967.280185.2442.65
Total:2,347,882.08211,978.11,278.22,561,138.380.05-2,739.21,927.97

2022 Great Lakes Basin Summary Report of Water Use by Basin

BasinWithdrawalsDiversionsConsumptive Use
GLSWOSWGWTotalIntrabasinInterbasin
Lake Superior204.2532,113.9517.732,335.9-0.28-3,817.6331.86
Lake Michigan9,009.08466.13591.7310,066.940.391,039.8677.76
Lake Huron25,932.9519,351.1139.9745,424.0140.970186.57
Lake Erie53,366.862,003.15288.9355,658.945,280.24-16.7428.85
Lake Ontario47,780.41101,029.98126.8148,937.19-5,321.2742.2352.26
St. Lawrence River2,211,588.5457,013.79113.082,268,715.41013.13250.67
Total:2,347,882.08211,978.11,278.22,561,138.380.05-2,739.21,927.97