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Sierra Vista – Are we making progress?
Yes, and it shows!

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Growth in Population
Gallons per Capita Consumed (GPCD)
2000-2006

Population

% Change

GPCD

% Change

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%

 

Sources: City of Sierra Vista, Arizona Department of Economic Security, and Cochise College Center for Economic Research

 

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 18.8% and  GPCD has decreased by approximately 19.4% with the largest decrease in consumption in 2004 at a rate of 8.9%.

In 2006, the citywide GPCD of 145 is the lowest in 7 years; and one of the lowest of any city in the Southwest.

The combined mitigation efforts of the City of Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca have offset almost 35% 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. 

To date, The City's toilet rebate program has been an annual “sellout” and has thus far in its 7-year history involved 750 households in the replacement of more than 1,200 high-flow toilets with new low-flow models.  This single program has saved 36 acre-feet of water (almost 12 million gallons) since its inception.

Newly constructed stormwater basins located throughout the city limits recharged nearly 290 acre-feet of water during 2004.