CA per capita in gallons per day water usage, us vs. them

He tried to conserve water...

San Jose Mercury News/Science and Environment/Paul Rogers and Nicholas St. Fleur, 2/8/14.  "California drought:  Water use varies widely around the state."

.... " In steamy Sacramento, where half of the homes still don't have water meters, residents use 279 gallons a day per capita -- almost triple the 98 gallons that residents of foggy San Francisco use. Palm Springs, land of big desert lawns and verdant golf courses, gulps down a staggering 736 gallons a day per person, five times as much as residents of San Jose and Los Angeles.

....  The largest per-capita water user in the Bay Area is Hillsborough, a tony Peninsula town where residents average 334 gallons a day. Only 14 miles away, working-class East Palo Alto residents use less than a quarter as much -- 79 gallons a day.  .... Landscaping, which accounts for 50 percent of the typical residential water bill, is a driving factor."  Read article, includes in California, 10 regional water usage graphs.

Note:  photograph from Estes Builders.

Posted by Kathy Meeh