Hydrated Lime Sold Or Used In The United States, By End Use

TABLE 4
HYDRATED LIME SOLD OR USED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY END USE^{1, 2}

(Thousand metric tons³ and thousand dollars)

	2005			2006
Use	Quantity⁴		Value⁵	Quantity⁴	Value⁵
Chemical and industrial	540	^r	55,400	542	61,200
Construction:
Asphalt	408		34,900	381	34,400
Building uses	481		53,000	470	53,600
Soil stabilization	466		32,800	466	37,600
Other construction	5		514	16	1,770
Total	1,360		121,000	1,330	127,000
Environmental:
Flue gas desulfurization (FGD):
Utility powerplants	220		13,300	165	11,000
Incinerators	21		2,170	40	3,860
Industrial boilers and other FGD	27		2,840	34	3,820
Total	268		18,300	239	18,700
Sludge treatment:
Sewage	40		3,700	30	3,170
Other sludge treatment	54		5,090	51	4,910
Total	94		8,800	80	8,080
Water treatment:
Acid-mine drainage	85		8,460	58	5,770
Drinking water	127		12,200	167	16,400
Wastewater	151		14,400	238	23,800
Total	363		35,100	463	46,000
Other environmental�	24	^r	2,240	66	6,270
Metallurgy	47		4,500	57	5,590
Grand total	2,700		246,000	2,780	273,000
^rRevised.
¹Excludes regenerated lime. Includes Puerto Rico.
²Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
³To convert metric tons to short tons, multiply metric tons by 1.102.
⁴Quantity includes hydrated lime sold and used, where "used" denotes lime produced for internal�
company use in building, chemical and industrial, and metallurgical sectors.
⁵The U.S. Geological Survey does not collect value data by end use; the values shown are mainly�
derived from average lime values.