As you know, we keep track of the daily and year to date irrigation need that is generated by the Weather Based irrigation systems we manage. As of August 1st, we are year to date at 148% of calculated water need compared to 2014. That unfortunately equates to significantly higher water bills. In fact, as of August 1st, we will have used 86% of the water we used through all of last season. This high water use can be seen in the chart below tracking the Joint Water Commission daily demand for this summer. It has been significantly above 2014 all season and has averaged 45% on 2014 which is in line with our weather based irrigation data above.
With the current forecast for extended heat and dry, there appears to be no end in sight. We work hard to manage your irrigation efficiently but we can't control the weather and the drought conditions we are having, lead to greater water need.
