Agricultural: Water used for commercial agricultural irrigation. This may be either a wholesale or retail demand. Distribution System Losses : Reporting distribution system losses is required by the Water Code. This is a retail demand.
4.2 Past, Current, and Projected Water Use by Sector
All connections to IRWD customers are metered. In addition, all single-family dwelling units as well as most townhouses and condominiums have individual meters. IRWD’s service area includes the following DWR-defined demand sectors:
• Single family Residential • Multi-family Residential • Commercial • Industrial • Institutional/ Governmental
• Agricultural • Landscape • Sales to other Agencies (Recycled Water Only) • Distribution System Losses • Other Other water demands in IRWD’s service area include metered water use for temporary construction, fire lines, lake filling, and any unbilled authorized consumption (e.g., water used for line flushing or well startup operations). Actual 2025 IRWD customer demands for potable and non-potable water including water losses are found in DWR Table 4-1 . Actual 2025 water use is lower than previously projected due to continued water efficiency efforts after the historically dry conditions experienced in the 2012- 2016 California drought. IRWD’s water use efficiency programs have been remarkably successful, surpassing the Conservation as a California Way of Life 2025 Urban Water Use Objective target years earlier than required. Current and projected data on water use within IRWD’s service in five-year increments is provided in DWR Table 4-1 and DWR Table 4-2 below. Current information is based on monthly records of actual water sales throughout the service area. It should be noted that the majority of irrigation use within the IRWD service area is provided by recycled water; the current and projected demand for recycled water only is included later in DWR Table 6-4 (See Section 6).
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IRWD – 2025 Urban Water Management Plan
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