Water Use

Service Connections

The District presently has over 26,000 active water service connections, primarily comprised of single and multi-family residential consumers. The remaining connections are used for commercial, industrial, and irrigation purposes. The following table lists the number of active potable water service connections by consumer type on the last day of 2005:

Active Service Connections by Consumer Type (2005)

Single Family Residential Multi-family Residential Commercial / Institutional Industrial Landscape Irrigation TOTAL 23,817 997 792 150 322 26,078

Water Quantity

The District delivers an average of 23,102 acre-feet of water each year to its consumers. The majority of water delivered to District consumers is used for residential purposes in and around the home.

Average Annual Water Use (in Acre-Feet*)

Single Family Residential Multi-family Residential Commercial / Institutional Industrial Landscape Irrigation/Other TOTAL 16,717 2,239 2,455 489 1,202 23,102

*An acre-foot is equal to about 326,000 gallons of water, or the amount that 2 families use in one year.