Water Use Per Person Per Day Compared

Total water delivered divided by the population served. Includes golf courses, parks, etc.

City Year Gallons/Person/Day

• Montecito, CA
  • 1980 278
• Santa Barbara, CA
  • 1980 153
• 1990 87
• 1991 82
• 1992 95
• San Francisco, CA
  • 1988 129
• Coachella Valley, CA
  • 1988 1165 (Cal. Water Resources Dept., includes golf)
• 1988 317 (Local water dept. est. without golf courses)
• 1990 330 (Local water dept. est. with golf courses)

• Boulder, CO (average)
  • 1983-'89 182
• 1990-'95 164
  
• Denver, CO (from several sources)
  • 1988 24
  • 1990 222
  • 1991 203
  • 1992 219
  • 1993 214
  • 1994 221
  • 1995 188
  • 1997 216
• Greeley, CO
  • 1991 316
• Ft. Collins, CO
  • 1991 240
• Colorado, Springs, CO
  • 1990 202
  • 1994 179
  • 1997 172
• Pueblo, CO
  • 1991 250
• Grand Junction, CO
  • 1991 197
• Snowmass, CO
  • 1991 90
• Santa Fe, NM
  • 1990 117
  • 1994 75
  • 1996 64 (this was the goal for '96) 128 (the reported actual use for '96)
  • 1998 142
• Albuquerque, NM 1989 280
  • 1990 250
  • 1993 250
  • 1995 146
  • 1996 226
  • 2003 175 (goal for 2003)

• Hopi Indian villages, AZ
  • 1996 27
• Phoenix, AZ
  • 1988 294
  • 1990 244
  • 1996 220
• Paradise Valley, AZ
  • 1989 1180
• Tucson, AZ
  • 1988 168
  • 1989 143
  • 1990 104
  • 1996 100
• Reno, NV
  • 1990 299
• Las Vegas, NV
  • 1990 300
  • 1995 350
• El Paso, TX
  • 1996 175
• Ashland, OR
  • 1970 299
  • 1980 225
  • 1990 195
• Spokane, WA
  • 1990 350

Utah, state average 1997 308

U.S. national average 1997 184

Alice Springs, Australia 1992 754

Sources

Compiled from a variety of sources including, newspapers, state water departments, city water departments, and water almanacs.