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Santa Rosa water programs credited with large per‑capita declines, officials say
Summary
Senior planner Claire Nordley told the Water Conservation Subcommittee that Santa Rosa's long-running water use efficiency programs have driven steep declines in per‑person use and produced thousands of acre‑feet of savings, while remaining cost‑effective compared with purchased supply.
At a meeting of the Water Conservation Subcommittee, Claire Nordley, senior water resources planner for Santa Rosa Water, presented an overview of the city’s water use efficiency portfolio and said the programs contribute materially to the city’s supply picture.
Nordley told the panel that Santa Rosa’s portfolio includes purchased water from Sonoma Water, local groundwater and a small amount of recycled water, and that “water use efficiency [is] part of our water supply portfolio” because it achieves notable savings. She said the city’s programs are estimated to save more than 4,000 acre‑feet per year.
The overview put several scale figures in front of committee members: total demand for the city is roughly 6,000,000,000 gallons per year across about 54,000 accounts;…
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