2022 was one of the hottest and driest years in local history. As a consequence, water use increased. Historical data of rainfall, temperatures, and gallons per capita per day (GPCD) shows an increase in water use when effective summer rainfall is low and the number of days over 100 degrees is high. With ongoing extreme weather conditions, drought management by SAWS becomes even more important. SAWS is currently updating its Water Management Plan, which serves as a guide to meet San Antonio's future water needs. To learn more about this and offer feedback, visit WaterCitySA.com.
Decrease total gallons per capita per day to 106 (106 by 2030)
Year | Value | Margin of Error |
---|---|---|
2010 | 128 | |
2011 | 143 | |
2012 | 128 | |
2013 | 126 | |
2014 | 121 | |
2015 | 118 | |
2016 | 117 | |
2017 | 118 | |
2018 | 115 | |
2019 | 115 | |
2020 | 116 | |
2021 | 111 | |
2022 | 122 |
Gallons of Water Used Per Capita
San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
Bexar County
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020