Ivins used an average of 60 million gallons of water a month over the past twelve months. Based on our population growth since 2005, we would be using over 70 million gallons a month now.
Conservation works. And we’re just getting started. We didn’t have any “tools” to use to help with conservation for most of those 18 years. We do now. The Washington County Water Conservancy District (WCWCD) started offering rebates for grass removal a few months ago. They also provide rebates for installing smart irrigation controllers and switching to WaterSense-labeled toilets.
And Karry Rathje at WCWCD told me last week they will be adding a rebate for hot water on demand systems as soon as the funding/program details are in place. Check their website at www.wcwcd.org for more information.
Let’s Make It Personal
How many gallons of water did you use in the past year? The chart below shows how much water single-family homes in Ivins used in the twelve months through the end of January. Mostly.
There were 124 homes that used more than 330,000 gallons. But if I included them in the chart and continued to show results in 10,000-gallon increments, the charts would have been very wide because a few users consumed over one-million gallons each.
Why don’t you pull out your latest utility bill to see how you compare. Your bill shows a chart of your monthly usage. The numbers at the bottom of the chart just above the months row show what you used each month in thousands of gallons.
Now The Challenge
How much can you lower your water use in the next twelve months? It would be helpful to learn from each other what conservation strategies we each worked on and how useful they were.
This is going to be a difficult challenge for anyone who is already focused on conservation, but it will be interesting to see if there is any more room for additional water savings. Let me know if you want to join me in this water challenge.
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