Burbank Water and Power

Residents cut water use
Burbank Leader: April 14, 2010 by Christopher Cadelago

CITY HALL — Burbank Water and Power customers have reduced their daily per-capita use from 193 gallons to 163, a drop-off that utility officials said had put the city on track to meet state mandates by 2020.

The utility serves more than 7 billion gallons per year to about 100,000 customers, with 75% going to residential, 19% to commercial and the rest to industrial and other users.

Taken together, the latest figures from the utility show that the groups have reduced their usage by about 10% from last year, inching closer to compliance with the 2009 law that mandates municipalities to reduce their water consumption by 20% within 10 years.

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Drinking water to local customers comes from the San Fernando Valley Basin, Colorado River and the State Water Project.

The figures beat the City Council’s goal of a 10% reduction in water use in line with the United Nations Urban Sustainability Accords, according to the report.

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