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Table 3 Statewide crop production, ethanol production, and water use data for 2013 baseline scenario

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)

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

 

4434

12,415

   

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