How are water budgets determined?
Water budgets represent an approximate amount of water each customer should need. Calculating a customer’s water budget will be based on the following factors: • The total lot size for irrigation • Weather • Default of 4 people per household Since 60-70 percent of the water used in the our District is for outdoor irrigation, the water budget focuses heavily on weather and irrigation data, allowing more water in the hot summer months. More specifically, a water budget for single-family homes makes several generous assumptions: • Everyone will be given an indoor water allocation, per person, per day. • Residential landscape will be based on the total parcel area. • Recognizing no irrigation system is perfect, the landscaping and irrigation defaults will allow for some water loss. • If youve already made changes to your landscape to reduce water usage, your water budget will still assume the most intensive water use (i.e., lawns). How do you bill the penalties? Penalties can be billed on
