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Water Use Update
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Drought conditions have lessened in the Middle Rio Grande Valley and we are currently only in moderate drought. Drought conditions are expected to improve over the next few months due to higher than average precipitation, so that by the end of April our service area is anticipated to be no longer in drought.
Gallons per capita per day usage (GPCD) for 2014 was 134, a reduction of two gallons per capita per day from 2013. The savings came from a one gallon reduction from our residential customers and a one gallon reduction from our industrial, commercial and institutional customers.
55% of our water sold went to single family residential customers, 18% to multi-family customers, 17% to commercial customers, 5% to parks, golf and athletic fields, 4% to institutional customers and 1% to industrial customers.
Outdoor water use has been reduced from 113 GPCD in the pre-conservation years (1987 - 1993) to 51 GPCD in 2014, a reduction of 55%.
Peak day usage has been reduced from 209.48 million gallons on 6/29/'94 to 143.48 on 7/26/'14, a reduction of 32%.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None