From: Potential water requirements of increased ethanol fuel in the USA
State | Total corn production (109 bushels) | Total corn cropland (106 acres) | Non-irrigated corn cropland for ethanol (106 acres) | Irrigated corn cropland for ethanol (106 acres) | Corn yield (bushels/acre) | Corn for ethanol production (106 bushels) | Calculated ethanol production (106 gal) | Water applied to irrigated corn acres (acre foot/acre) | Feedstock water intensity (gal. water/gal. ethanol) | Total water intensity (gal. water/gal. ethanol) | Total water use for ethanol production (109 gal) |
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IA | 2.140 | 13.050 | 4.244 | 0.039 | 184 | 702 | 1967 | 0.433 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
IL | 2.100 | 11.800 | 3.749 | 0.123 | 199 | 689 | 1930 | 0.667 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 26.8 |
NE | 1.614 | 9.550 | 1.378 | 1.756 | 189 | 530 | 1483 | 1.100 | 424.6 | 427.3 | 629.6 |
MN | 1.294 | 8.140 | 2.584 | 0.088 | 178 | 425 | 1189 | 0.600 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
IN | 1.032 | 5.830 | 1.812 | 0.102 | 198 | 339 | 948 | 0.467 | 16.3 | 19.0 | 15.5 |
SD | 0.803 | 5.860 | 1.726 | 0.197 | 153 | 263 | 738 | 0.767 | 66.7 | 69.4 | 49.2 |
OH | 0.649 | 3.730 | 1.221 | 0.003 | 195 | 213 | 596 | 0.400 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
ND | 0.396 | 3.600 | 1.091 | 0.090 | 123 | 130 | 364 | 0.733 | 59.2 | 61.9 | 21.5 |
WI | 0.439 | 3.030 | 0.947 | 0.048 | 162 | 144 | 404 | 0.700 | 27.0 | 29.7 | 10.9 |
KS | 0.504 | 4.000 | 0.819 | 0.494 | 141 | 165 | 463 | 1.267 | 440.4 | 443.1 | 204.0 |
MI | 0.346 | 2.230 | 0.633 | 0.098 | 174 | 113 | 318 | 0.500 | 50.5 | 53.2 | 16.0 |
MO | 0.435 | 3.200 | 0.935 | 0.115 | 152 | 143 | 400 | 0.900 | 84.1 | 86.8 | 33.6 |
TX | 0.265 | 1.950 | 0.380 | 0.260 | 152 | 87 | 244 | 1.533 | 532.9 | 535.6 | 129.9 |
CO | 0.128 | 0.980 | 0.130 | 0.191 | 147 | 42 | 118 | 1.767 | 934.7 | 937.4 | 110.3 |
MS | 0.146 | 0.830 | 0.187 | 0.086 | 197 | 48 | 134 | 0.900 | 186.9 | 189.6 | 25.1 |
AR | 0.162 | 0.870 | 0.171 | 0.115 | 208 | 53 | 149 | 1.233 | 309.9 | 312.6 | 46.1 |
KY | 0.243 | 1.430 | 0.460 | 0.009 | 190 | 80 | 223 | 0.400 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 1.2 |
NC | 0.122 | 0.860 | 0.273 | 0.009 | 159 | 40 | 112 | 0.400 | 10.9 | 13.6 | 1.2 |
LA | 0.116 | 0.670 | 0.187 | 0.033 | 194 | 38 | 107 | 0.833 | 83.4 | 86.1 | 8.9 |
NY | 0.095 | 0.690 | 0.225 | 0.001 | 153 | 31 | 87 | 0.300 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
TN | 0.126 | 0.810 | 0.243 | 0.023 | 175 | 41 | 116 | 0.400 | 25.7 | 28.4 | 3.0 |
GA | 0.081 | 0.465 | 0.097 | 0.055 | 196 | 27 | 75 | 0.600 | 144.9 | 147.6 | 10.8 |
SC | 0.043 | 0.335 | 0.096 | 0.014 | 144 | 14 | 40 | 0.500 | 55.8 | 58.5 | 2.2 |
VA | 0.055 | 0.360 | 0.113 | 0.005 | 172 | 18 | 51 | 0.400 | 12.7 | 15.4 | 0.6 |
OK | 0.045 | 0.310 | 0.069 | 0.033 | 162 | 15 | 41 | 1.500 | 389.1 | 391.8 | 16.1 |
CA | 0.034 | 0.180 | 0.009 | 0.050 | 214 | 11 | 32 | 3.167 | 1632.5 | 1635.2 | 51.6 |
AL | 0.043 | 0.295 | 0.085 | 0.012 | 165 | 14 | 40 | 0.367 | 35.0 | 37.7 | 1.4 |
WA | 0.021 | 0.105 | 0.002 | 0.032 | 241 | 7 | 21 | 2.100 | 1062.5 | 1065.2 | 22.0 |
DE | 0.023 | 0.174 | 0.038 | 0.020 | 186 | 9 | 27 | 0.600 | 144.0 | 146.7 | 3.8 |
Total | 13.502 | 85.334 | 23.904 | 4.100 | Â | 4434 | 12,415 | Â | Â | Â | 1465 |