Sierra Vista – Are we making progress? Yes, and it shows! |
Growth in Population |
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Population |
% Change |
% Change |
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2000 |
37,775 |
n/a |
180 |
n/a |
2001 |
38,740 |
2.5% |
168 |
-6.8% |
2002 |
40,415 |
4.1% |
169 |
0.3% |
2003 |
40,410 |
0.0% |
173 |
2.3% |
2004 |
42,725 |
5.4% |
157 |
-8.9% |
2005 |
43,690 |
2.2% |
152 |
-3.1% |
2006 |
44,870 |
2.7% |
145 |
-4.6% |
2007 |
44,736 |
-0.3% |
144 |
-0.7% |
Sources: City of Sierra Vista, Arizona Department of Commerce, and Cochise College Center for Economic Research |
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Although Sierra Vista's population grew 5.0% from 2004 to 2006, the per capita water consumption within the City limits decreased by 7.6%.
- Since Census 2000, Sierra Vista has grown by an estimated 18% and GPCD has decreased by approximately 20% with the largest decrease in consumption in 2004 at a rate of 8.9%.
- The citywide GPCD of 144 is the lowest in 8 years; and one of the lowest of any city in the Southwest.
- In 2006, the City of Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca have offset 40% of the groundwater pumped.
- In 2006, the City's Environmental Operations Park recharged over 2200 acre-feet of water, which is almost 2 gallons of recharge for every gallon pumped by Fort Huachuca.
- Since the beginning of 2002, the EOP has recharged almost 11,000 acre-feet of water, or more than 3.5 billion gallons.
- To date, The City's toilet rebate program has been an annual “sellout” and has thus far in its 8-year history involved 1000 households in the replacement of more than 1,600 high-flow toilets with new low-flow models. This single program has saved 45 acre-feet of water (almost 15 million gallons) since its inception.
- Constructed stormwater basins located throughout the city limits continue to protect private property, control storm flows, and recharge the aquifer.
- Approximately 7300 acre-feet of water was pumped in the city limits, including Fort Huachuca, in 2007. That was almost 80 acre-feet less than the previous year.
- City-wide water pumpage in 2007 was less than at any time in the past eight years, and 400 acre-feet less in the year 2000.
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All data reported by the City of Sierra Vista on this website has been provided by the agencies and groups responsible for water management within the Upper San Pedro sub-basin and reviewed by the Upper San Pedro Partnership. All information is consistent with the information provided by those agencies to the USGS for inclusion in the 2008 Section 321 Report to Congress.