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The overall per capita daily consumption ranges from a low of 84.2 gallons in 1990 to a
<br />high of 105.2 in 1996. The average for this 10 -year period is 97.5 gallons.
<br />As redevelopment continues in Little Canada, we expect overall consumption to increase.
<br />We also expect that residential per capita consumption to decrease offsetting some of the
<br />increased demand. Overall demand increase should not be too significant as Little
<br />Canada is almost fully developed.
<br />TABLE 1 -1
<br />CITY OF LITTLE CANADA HISTORIC 10 YEAR
<br />WATER USAGE HISTORY
<br />YEAR
<br />POPULATION
<br />WATER USAGE IN
<br />GALLONS*
<br />GALLONS PER
<br />CAPITA PER DAY
<br />1990
<br />8,971
<br />275,575,000
<br />84.2
<br />1991
<br />9,020
<br />332,869,412
<br />101.1
<br />1992
<br />9,081
<br />337,422,800
<br />101.8
<br />1993
<br />9,134
<br />303,846,576
<br />91.1
<br />1994
<br />9,225
<br />325,188,504
<br />96.6
<br />1995
<br />9,337
<br />336,333,812
<br />98.7
<br />1996
<br />9,469
<br />363,729,092
<br />105.2
<br />1 1997
<br />9,564
<br />336,230,488
<br />96.3
<br />1998
<br />9,626
<br />351,594,408
<br />100.1
<br />1999
<br />1 9,684
<br />353,092,652
<br />99.9
<br />* Purchased from the St. Paul Water Utility
<br />Table I -2 summarizes the residential and commercial water usage by quarter for 1999.
<br />Residential use includes mobile homes, apartments, and residential connections.
<br />Commercial users include retail businesses, industrial, institutional, and all government
<br />uses except the City of Little Canada. The other category includes Fire Depai tinent use
<br />estimates, rented meter uses, and City of Little Canada uses. Based on this data, water
<br />usage for 1999 is:
<br />71% residential 1% other
<br />20% commercial 8% unaccounted -for.
<br />St. Jude Medical is a very significant customer using 3 % of all water purchased. St. Jude
<br />Medical water use is also related to system pressure. They require a very stable water
<br />pressure at the entrance to their plants for manufacturing.
<br />Unaccounted -for water use can result from several factors including unidentified pipe
<br />leaks, unmetered connections, water main breaks, hydrant flushing, hockey rink flooding,
<br />tank drainage for maintenance, and meter inaccuracies. Unaccounted -for water use
<br />below 10% can be explained by normal system leakage and meter inaccuracies. The
<br />national average for unaccounted -for water usage is 7 %. Further, it is not cost effective
<br />to try to eliminate all leakage, but we are trying to more closely track fire department and
<br />city uses in an effort to reduce the unaccounted -for water percent.
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