Water Resources Division Annual Report FY 2015-2016 | Page 10
Water Use
During FY 2015-16, the SFPUC delivered approximately 176 million gallons per day (mgd) on average to its wholesale and
retail customers. Wholesale customers received 111 mgd, San Francisco retail customers received approximately 62 mgd,
and retail customers outside of San Francisco received 4 mgd. (The sum of these deliveries does not equal to the total
delivery of 176 mgd due to rounding.)
San Francisco retail customers’ water conservation efforts – supported in part by incentives and assistance from the
SFPUC – have helped San Francisco reduce total water demand over the last two decades despite population growth. In FY
2015-16, San Francisco retail customers’ gross per capita use was approximately 73 gallons per day and the residential per
capita water use was about 41 gallons per day. While this water use was among the lowest in the State, the SFPUC remains
committed to comprehensive water conservation efforts that will help sustain efficient water use.
FY 2015-16 Regional Water System Deliveries and San Francisco Retail Water Use
Regional
Water System Deliveries
San Francisco
Retail Water Use
Commercial/Industrial:
17 mgd
Irrigationc: 1 mgd
Municipal: 3 mgd
Retail
Customers in
San Francisco:
62 mgd
Wholesale
Customersa:
111 mgd
Other System Usesd:
6 mgd
Multi-Family Residential:
21 mgd
Single Family Residential:
14 mgd
Retail Customers Outside of San Franciscob:
4 mgd
a Deliveries exclude 0.6 mgd delivered in lieu of groundwater to customers participating in the Regional Groundwater Storage and Recovery Project.
b These customers are also referred to as suburban retail customers.
c This data is from dedicated irrigation accounts only, and does not include irrigation use from water accounts that jointly serve both indoor and outdoor demands.
d Other system uses include pipe flushing, firefighting, street cleaning, and water system losses from leaks and main breaks.
San Francisco Retail Per Capita Demands
Gross Per Capita
Residential Per Capita
110
gallons per capita per day
100
102
98
97
90
94
91
90
88
86
80
82
76
70
60
59
59
50
58
55
54
51
51
50
48
47
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
40
2005-06
8
73
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
43
41
2014-15
2015-16