The State of California is in the 3rd year of a serious drought. There are areas in CA where there is no water going to homes at all unless it’s being trucked in (at a very high cost). We are all being asked to conserve as much as possible, with 20% being targeted not just in Silicon Valley but in all areas of California. How are your conservation efforts coming? Do you know how to check your water usage as compared to a year ago?
If you have San Jose Water, you won’t need to dig into your 2013 water bills to see how you’re progressing with water savings. The San Jose Water statement comes with a great breakdown so you can see if you’re cutting back as much as you think. Here’s an example:
What’s nice is that the gallons per day is shown, so that even if the number of days varies, you can get a pretty solid sense of use.
In this case, year over year, the family is saving an average of about 137 gallons per day, which is about a 25% savings from the same period a year ago. A lot of it’s coming from more careful use of sprinklers in the yard. Not bad, but they are trying to improve it more.
What about you? How much have you been able to cut back as compared to last year? We can all pitch in!
