Water Usage

Tables showing water usage for all members of the IHMWC are available to members any time by request. Please send email to info@irishhillswater.org and you will be given a password and link to the charts. If you prefer a printed copy, we are happy to send one via the US Postal Service.

For billing and specific usage questions please call 805-546-1305 or send email to info@irishhillswater.org.

The IHMWC derives all of its water from 6 wells drawing from underground “water storage units.” Water storage units do not contain enough water to be considered aquifers.

The water available to the Water Company has been very well characterized by the Emerald Hills and Valle Vista Ranch Environmental Impact Reports. In short, it has been determined that we can safely extract 1.22 acre-feet (53,143 cubic feet) of water per year per lot, or approximately 70 acre feet total for the Water Company. This averages out to about 145 cubic feet (meter units) or 1,089 gallons (more familiar units) per lot per day.

Because outdoor irrigation use increases during the warm, dry summer and fall months, and decreases during the cooler, wetter winter and spring months, the Board has adopted a water use schedule to allow for that, while keeping to an overall annual daily use average of 1,089 gallons per day.

Click here to view Water Usage Tables for members of the IHMWC (password available on request).

You can track your own water usage by learning how to read your water meter