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Please refer to the Getting Started: Water Use Efficiency Guidebook Today's Date: 6/9/2016 Home Newsroom Publications About Us Home Community and Environment Drinking Water Water System Design and Planning Water Use Efficiency Annual Water Use Efficiency Performance Report Form General System Information System Name: PUYALLUP, CITY OF System ID 70050 County: PIERCE Your Name: Craig Hale Your Title: Water Division Supervisor Your Email Address: [EMAIL REDACTED] Your Phone Number: (253) 8415503 Meter Installation Information Estimate the percentage of metered connections: 100% Current status of meter installation: Production, Authorized Consumption, and Distribution System Leakage Information Reporting Year: 2015 12Month WUE Reporting Period: January 01, 2015 to December 31, 2015 Incomplete or missing data for the year? No If yes, explain: Distribution System Leakage Summary Total Water Produced and Purchased (TP) Annual Volume 1,385,622,000 Gallons Authorized Consumption (AC) Annual Volume 1,247,318,228 Gallons Distribution System Leakage Annual Volume TP AC 138,303,772 Gallons Distribution System Leakage Percent DSL = [(TP AC) / TP] x 100 10 % 3Year Annual Average Percent 8.8 % 2013, 2014, 2015 GoalSetting Information Date of most recent public forum: June 07, 2011 Has goal been changed since last WUE report? No Demand Side Goal: Reduce ERU Consumption by 2 gpd/ERU per year through the year 2015. Demand Side Goal Progress: ERU consumption for 2015 was 184 gpd/ERU compared to 183 gpd/ERU in 2014, 176 gpd/ERU in 2013, and 179 gpd/ERU in 2012. After years of decline, the ERU consumption has increased in 2014 and 2015. The cause of this increase is unclear, but may be related to record warm temperatures over the past two years. A new goal and new public forum will be required for the 2016 reporting year. The City employs the following WUE measures: Automated meter reading, Annual meter replacement program, Bills showing consumption history, Conservation rate structure, Construction requirements, Customer education, Customer leak detection, Irrigation management, Landscape management, Leak detection surveys, and Program promotion. Additional Information: The City’s supplyside goal is to reduce distribution system leakage to meet the DOH requirement of a 3year rolling average of 10% or less. The City’s DSL on a percentage basis increased to 10.0% in 2015 from 8.0% in 2014 and 8.5% in 2013. In 2015 the 3year rolling average has decreased to 8.8%, meeting the goal of 10% or less. The City implemented a system wide fixed base automated meter reading system in 2011. The City continues to replace a significant number of water meters each year in an effort to capture underregistered water, including 137 meters in 2015. In 2011 the City also expended significant effort in reviewing the production and consumption data for the DSL calculations. This effort revealed historic inaccuracies in the calculations due to consumption data reporting methodology related to the City’s utility billing cycles. The City is taking measures to improve consumption data reporting methodology, which was reflected in the improved DSL for the 2013 and 2014 reporting years. The City may implement additional leak detection in 2016 in an effort to determine the source of the increasing DSL.