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April 20, 2010, New Bern, NC
Refining Residential:Using customer consumption records to
help manage water servicesUNC Environmental
Finance Center
2009 research for Urban Water Consortium
Contact: Mary Tiger, [email protected], 919-843-4958
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Dedicated to enhancing the ability of governments and organizations to provide environmental programs and services in fair, effective and financially sustainable ways
Serving EPA Region 4
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Refining residential
• Irrigators?
• Peakers?
• Significant contributors to the bottom line?
• Responsive to drought restrictions and conditions?
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Why residential?
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Utilities included
• Fayetteville Public Works Commission (PWC)
• Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC)
• City of High Point (HP)
• Charlotte‐Mecklenburg Utilities (CMU)
• Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA)
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Our method
• Monthly consumption and billing data
• Records from July 2006‐December 2008
Input
• Extensive data cleaning
• Customer‐level analysis
Analysis • Household water use profiles
• Changes in household water use patterns
• Irrigation profile
Output
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The climate of the timeline
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Drought monitor status
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Other major differences
• Demographics (MHI, home ownership, household size)
• Drought policies (triggers)
• Restrictions (voluntary, mandatory, prohibitions)
• Charges (marginal prices, surcharges)
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Socioeconomic and housing characteristics
Median household income
% of owned occupied
housing units
Average household size
Fayetteville City $44,086 57% 2.34
Greenville City $32,836 38% 2.08
High Point City $45,861 62% 2.42
Mecklenburg County
$57,033 64% 2.40
Orange County $54,390 59% 2.34
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 American Community Survey (ACS)
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Key findings
• Profiling customers– Average water use
– Peaking behavior
• Drought response– Restrictions
– Mediashed effect
– Surcharges
– Irrigation cutoffs
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Average water use
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PWC GUC HP CMU OWASA
Average Monthly Consumption of High Volume Households
Usage and billed amounts of householdsusing high volumes on average (avg. 11‐20k GPM) in FY08
% of Households % of Total Volume % of Total Billed Amounts
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FY08
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Drought response ‐ All
Utility Average household water usePercent change
FY07 FY08
CMU 6,436 6,109 ‐5%
PWC 4,980 5,410 +9%
OWASA 4,916 4,501 ‐8%
GUC 4,641 4,788 +3%
HP 4,467 4,199 ‐6%
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Restrictions (usage) ‐ Fayetteville
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Restrictions (revenue) ‐ Fayetteville
FY07 FY08
Total billed amount $29.6 million $33.0 million
Financial impact of changes in households’ average water use
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“Mediashed” – High Point
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Drought Surcharges ‐ OWASA
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Irrigation shutoffs ‐ OWASA
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Million Gallons
Monthly usage by households with irrigation meters
Irrigation Meter usage (Outdoor Use) Standard meter usage (indoor use)
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Metered and estimated irrigation
Utility Number of residential accounts (FY08)
Percentage with irrigation meters
Percent that irrigate with in‐ground systems(estimated)
Fayetteville 75,062 8% 12%
Greenville 29,397 3% 4%
High Point 36,864 3% 4%
CMU 225,247 2% 12%
OWASA 18,018 0.2% 5%