PER CAPITA DAILY WATER USE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO SETS A NEW RECORD LOW. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS OUR DAILY WATER USE DROPPED TO 127 GALLONS, SEVEN GALLONS LESS THAN IN 2014.
SHE SAYS ALL THE RAIN WE RECEIVED HELPED. SHE SAYS THE CITY USUALLY GETS ABOUT NINE INCHES OF RAIN A YEAR, BUT GOT 11-AND-A-HALF INCHES IN 2015.
YUHAS ALSO SAYS THEY HAVEN’T SEEN OVERALL WATER USE THIS LOW SINCE 1982.
