Water Usage

Mindful water usage and measures to conserve and protect our water supply are important factors in maintaining potable water sources in Needham. The Town must pump water into our two water tanks to provide sufficient pressure and volume to meet the needs of the Town and with warm dry weather in the growing season the high volume of water consumed increases the pressure and stress on our water system. Environmental factors such as high temperatures and low precipitation levels require the Town to draw an increased amount of water daily from our water sources. While the Town is able to maintain the community’s water needs, voluntary efforts to conserve water remain important and make us all good stewards for water and energy conservation.

Our average usage in non-irrigation system is 2.570 million gallons per day (mgpd). Recently, the Town has exceeded 6 mgpd on multiple days which put a serious strain on our water system. Below is weekly totals of the volume of water pumped. We are providing this information to help heighten awareness of when Needham is experiencing higher usage (i.e. 6 mgpd) to help alert residents to when it is critical to be especially conscience about outdoor water usage in particular.

Some suggestions to minimizing use of water outdoors:

Change watering method to hand-held only or drip irrigation.
Water after 5PM or before 9AM to avoid evaporative losses.
Consider covering a pool when not in use to prevent evaporation.
Wash vehicles with a bucket and sponge and only hose to rinse, etc.
1. use collected water from other sources like running the shower, rinsing dishes, and even from rain using rain barrels (for those who may be interested, the Needham Department of Public Works offers rain barrels for purchase) to water your gardens;
2. Fix any leaks in irrigation systems.

Remember, most grasses planted in New England are meant to go brown during drought conditions to protect the roots system and will come back when conditions return to normal. Grasses have developed the response defense of going into summer dormancy as a protection.

Water Usage Data
Municipal Water Use Strategy

	Above average usage
	Over 6 mgpd

Day	CRWTF	MWRA	Total	Comments
1	2,459,443	481,000	2,940,443
2	2,448,664	1,076,000	3,524,664
3	2,445,240	854,000	3,299,240
4	2,496,308	1,313,000	3,809,308
5	2,503,057	863,000	3,366,057
6	2,674,209	1,026,000	3,700,209
7	2,554,281	238,000	2,792,281
8	2,511,361	334,000	2,845,361
9	2,501,548	1,239,000	3,740,548
10	2,478,292	685,000	3,163,292
11	2,497,531	1,015,000	3,512,531
12	2,524,212	679,000	3,203,212
13	1,615,027	1,831,000	3,446,027
14	2,296,896	934,000	3,230,896
15	2,539,127	594,000	3,133,127
16	2,544,412	693,000	3,237,412
17	2,536,772	374,000	2,910,772
18	2,436,769	812,000	3,248,769
19	2,441,822	331,000	2,772,822
20	2,436,777	789,000	3,225,777
21	2,551,279	-	2,551,279
22	2,615,931	-	2,615,931
23	2,622,814	330,000	2,952,814
24	2,583,132	147,000	2,730,132
25	2,512,015	231,000	2,743,015
26	2,518,000	376,000	2,894,000
27	2,810,365	400,000	3,210,365
28	2,609,920	210,000	2,819,920
29	2,517,281	225,000	2,742,281
30	2,466,549	-	2,466,549
31	2,472,615	-	2,472,615

Day	CRWTF	MWRA	Total	Comments
1	2,728,757	1,721,000	4,449,757
2	2,629,201	1,286,000	3,915,201
3	2,570,290	1,292,000	3,862,290
4	2,722,919	2,443,000	5,165,919
5	2,725,545	1,981,000	4,706,545
6	2,662,320	2,666,000	5,328,320
7	2,665,740	2,362,000	5,027,740
8	2,756,404	2,613,000	5,369,404
9	2,759,854	1,390,000	4,149,854
10	2,500,769	1,148,000	3,648,769
11	2,692,480	1,082,000	3,774,480
12	2,695,959	820,000	3,515,959
13	2,678,975	646,000	3,324,975
14	2,682,395	761,000	3,443,395
15	2,667,318	1,198,000	3,865,318
16	2,621,247	821,000	3,442,247
17	2,494,634	1,253,000	3,747,634
18	2,594,984	1,113,000	3,707,984
19	2,643,927	652,000	3,295,927
20	2,648,974	1,097,000	3,745,974
21	2,533,821	1,028,000	3,561,821
22	2,548,965	1,425,000	3,973,965
23	2,553,352	566,000	3,119,352
24	2,535,256	515,000	3,050,256
25	2,539,644	790,000	3,329,644
26	2,517,406	576,000	3,093,406
27	2,522,597	826,000	3,348,597
28	2,524,418	840,000	3,364,418
29	2,594,658	868,000	3,462,658
30	2,599,796	302,000	2,901,796

Day	CRWTF	MWRA	Total	Comments
1	2,776,742	1,501,000	4,277,742
2	2,777,719	2,102,000	4,879,719
3	2,718,945	1,881,000	4,599,945
4	2,628,087	2,083,000	4,711,087
5	2,628,934	1,692,000	4,320,934
6	2,534,782	2,018,000	4,552,782
7	2,862,497	2,412,000	5,274,497
8	2,863,588	952,000	3,815,588
9	2,689,793	1,264,000	3,953,793
10	2,555,386	1,125,000	3,680,386
11	2,558,397	1,371,000	3,929,397
12	2,559,282	1,139,000	3,698,282
13	2,659,427	1,107,000	3,766,427
14	2,661,477	1,973,000	4,634,477
15	2,669,938	688,000	3,357,938
16	2,680,918	1,002,000	3,682,918
17	2,682,732	1,031,000	3,713,732
18	2,689,681	1,091,000	3,780,681
19	2,466,854	640,000	3,106,854
20	2,471,794	1,010,000	3,481,794
21	2,676,498	2,218,000	4,894,498
22	2,679,079	910,000	3,589,079
23	2,646,254	1,879,000	4,525,254
24	2,648,861	1,416,000	4,064,861
25	2,491,584	1,147,000	3,638,584
26	2,414,544	860,000	3,274,544
27	2,342,162	1,065,000	3,407,162
28	2,589,627	1,825,000	4,414,627
29	2,721,783	1,128,000	3,849,783
30	2,724,386	752,000	3,476,386
31	2,726,112	912,000	3,638,112

Day	CRWTF	MWRA	Total	Comments
1	2,439,740	1,630,000	4,069,740
2	2,444,063	1,478,000	3,922,063
3	2,427,407	1,263,000	3,690,407
4	2,484,024	510,000	2,994,024
5	2,508,432	1,487,000	3,995,432
6	2,592,383	1,494,000	4,086,383
7	2,825,892	2,547,000	5,372,892
8	2,580,778	1,931,000	4,511,778
9	2,437,297	1,867,000	4,304,297
10	2,564,045	1,937,000	4,501,045
11	2,552,179	1,178,000	3,730,179
12	2,648,733	2,346,000	4,994,733
13	2,431,254	2,258,000	4,689,254
14	2,453,892	1,817,000	4,270,892
15	2,463,343	1,140,000	3,603,343
16	2,443,141	1,160,000	3,603,141
17	2,461,288	1,581,000	4,042,288
18	2,479,569	1,404,000	3,883,569
19	2,336,527	2,468,000	4,804,527
20	2,480,069	2,003,000	4,483,069
21	2,483,480	2,804,000	5,287,480
22	2,454,543	942,000	3,396,543
23	2,450,898	1,448,000	3,898,898
24	2,835,717	2,401,000	5,236,717
25	2,881,695	1,566,000	4,447,695
26	2,886,332	1,244,000	4,130,332
27	2,656,339	1,393,000	4,049,339
28	2,771,360	1,673,000	4,444,360
29	2,882,625	881,000	3,763,625
30	2,883,601	441,000	3,324,601
31	2,785,579	1,753,000	4,538,579

Day	CRWTF	MWRA	Total	Comments
1	2,834,005	2,887,000	5,721,005	Above average temperatures
2	2,866,395	2,991,000	5,857,395	Above average temperatures
3	2,889,825	736,000	3,625,825
4	2,886,317	754,000	3,640,317
5	2,762,893	1,615,000	4,377,893
6	2,627,317	1,092,000	3,719,317
7	2,588,118	2,073,000	4,661,118
8	2,724,529	1,643,000	4,367,529
9	2,773,658	2,179,000	4,952,658
10	2,759,922	1,051,000	3,810,922
11	2,800,743	1,420,000	4,220,743
12	2,745,112	2,574,000	5,319,112
13	2,747,658	1,107,000	3,854,658
14	2,269,974	1,952,000	4,221,974
15	2,760,913	2,087,000	4,847,913
16	2,807,294	2,196,000	5,003,294
17	2,977,192	613,000	3,590,192
18	2,873,056	485,000	3,358,056
19	2,944,499	1,700,000	4,644,499
20	2,791,056	1,216,000	4,007,056
21	2,628,389	2,152,000	4,780,389
22	2,628,223	1,873,000	4,501,223
23	2,614,968	2,538,000	5,152,968
24	2,463,020	1,354,000	3,817,020
25	2,586,758	1,759,000	4,345,758
26	2,605,301	2,600,000	5,205,301
27	2,590,209	1,398,000	3,988,209
28	2,668,739	1,712,000	4,380,739
29	2,482,517	1,399,000	3,881,517
30	2,427,700	2,562,000	4,989,700

Day	CRWTF	MWRA	Total	Comments
1	3,026,815	250,000	3,276,815
2	2,686,447	208,000	2,894,447
3	2,830,710	409,000	3,239,710
4	2,800,958	191,000	2,991,958
5	2,940,687	505,000	3,445,687
6	2,925,419	446,000	3,371,419
7	3,025,120	628,000	3,653,120
8	3,091,952	1,062,000	4,153,952
9	3,090,039	891,000	3,981,039
10	3,108,238	1,202,000	4,310,238
11	2,932,163	1,594,000	4,526,163
12	3,011,663	2,047,000	5,058,663
13	3,164,644	1,243,000	4,407,644
14	3,129,761	1,333,000	4,462,761
15	2,947,087	2,364,000	5,311,087
16	2,970,202	2,023,000	4,993,202
17	2,984,379	2,218,000	5,202,379	Hydrant flushing
18	2,954,325	1,678,000	4,632,325
19	2,919,131	2,639,000	5,558,131	Hydrant flushing
20	3,031,273	566,000	3,597,273	2.6" Rain
21	2,998,218	648,000	3,646,218
22	2,891,246	1,894,000	4,785,246
23	2,876,390	1,588,000	4,464,390
24	2,894,494	2,132,000	5,026,494
25	2,882,496	1,304,000	4,186,496
26	2,843,721	2,437,000	5,280,721
27	2,861,870	1,856,000	4,717,870
28	2,976,865	1,954,000	4,930,865
29	2,929,789	2,862,000	5,791,789
30	2,983,078	2,153,000	5,136,078
31	3,003,422	2,970,000	5,973,422
	91,712,602	45,295,000	137,007,602

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